I got married yesterday.

Guess what?!

I got married yesterday!!

After years of writing to you about careers, money, business, AI, and how quickly the world is changing, I wanted to write about something more important.

Love.

Yesterday, I got to marry my soulmate.

And as I’ve gotten closer to this day, I’ve been thinking a lot about what actually matters.

Here are a few things I believe more deeply than ever.

1. God is real.

I know that’s a big statement.

But meeting Julia has made it difficult for me to believe otherwise.

She is such a perfect match for me that the probability of our lives crossing at exactly the right time, in exactly the right way, feels impossible to chalk up to chance.

She makes me calmer, more loving, more playful and more patient.

And I hope everyone on earth gets to experience what it feels like to find their person.

There are billions of people in this world.

Somehow, I found mine.

That feels like God :)

2. There is incredible meaning in having people who depend on you.

For most of my life, my ambition was primarily about me.

Make more money…
Build the company…
Achieve the goal…
Prove what I was capable of…

Marriage is changing my priorities.

It’s on me now.

I want to build something strong enough to provide an incredible life for our family.

But I also want to build it in a way that allows me to actually be there to experience that life with them.

I don’t want to become incredibly successful at providing for my family while being too busy to enjoy them.

That has changed the way I think about wealth.

3. The best thing money can buy is presence.

I used to think about money mostly in terms of freedom.

Now I think about it in terms of memories.

• Trips with Julia.

• Being there for our future kids.

• Taking our parents somewhere special.

• Having dinner with people we love without worrying about the bill.

• Having control over our time when somebody needs us.

• Building a business has become the wealth vehicle that I hope allows us to do those things over and over again.

The number in the bank account matters far less than what that number allows us to experience together.

4. The people you love are the whole point.

Being surrounded by our family and closest friends this week has been a powerful reminder of how easy it is to get the scoreboard wrong.

• Revenue.

• Net worth.

• Followers.

• Job titles.

• Paychecks.

They all have utility.

They can make life easier and open doors.

But someday, when I look back at my life, I doubt I’ll spend much time thinking about a great month in business.

I’ll remember weeks like this.

I’ll remember seeing Julia walk toward me.

I’ll remember our families in the same room.

I’ll remember laughing with friends I’ve known through completely different chapters of my life.

I’ll remember feeling overwhelmingly grateful that all these people were there.

That is wealth.

5. Build your life backward from what you want to remember.

I spend a lot of time thinking about the future.

AI, jobs, businesses, investments…
What the world might look like in 10 or 20 years.

But this week has reminded me that preparing for the future is only useful if it helps you live a better life in the present.

• Make money.

• Build things.

• Take risks.

• Create security for the people you love.

But remember why you’re doing it.

Because eventually, every paycheck gets spent.

Every company ends.

Every career finishes.

What remains are the people we loved, the lives we changed, the memories we made, and hopefully the person we became along the way.

Yesterday, I got to marry my best friend.

And whatever happens from here, I already feel extraordinarily wealthy.

I hope you find your version of that too.

To life, love & robots,

Delaney William

P.S. Nothing to sell you in this email :)

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