A woman insists "being delusional makes you rich" – and has bought her dream car and earned £53k in eight months by being "delulu".<br /><br />Romanee Virgara, 25, always knew she had "a lot to give the world" and decided she wanted to inspire and empower people on social media in August 2022.<br /><br />She “dreamt big” and had her heart set on being a business owner and public figure and was so “delusional” she quit her job as a logistics manager in February 2023.<br /><br />Romanee spent her life savings - £6,117 – on business training and felt certain it would help her make £53k.<br /><br />She continued to raise her social profile and decided to test drive her dream car – a Ford Ranger Wildtrak – with just £500 in the bank but was able to go back and put down a deposit for it six months later after building up her social presence.<br /><br />Romanee has now made £53k in eight months as a business and social coach and has her next goal set on becoming a seven-figure business owner.<br /><br />Romanee, from Adelaide, Australia, said: “Delulu is being delusional and dreaming big - to the point where people tell you ‘you need to be realistic’.<br /><br />“I knew I was going to be a business owner and going to be a public figure.<br /><br />“That was my delusion.<br /><br />“Being delulu makes you rich.”<br /><br />Romanee hit “rock bottom” in August 2022, following the break-up of her seven-year relationship, and decided to do something about her big dreams.<br /><br />She said: “I always knew I had a lot to give the world.<br /><br />“I have a passion for making people feel inspired.<br /><br />“I wanted to inspire other women in particular to not have to settle and go for what they want.”<br /><br />Romanee started posting on social media and treated it as her 9 to 5 job despite still working in her full-time position.<br /><br />She said: “I showed up as if I was talking to thousands of people.”<br /><br />By January 2023 she was building her presence on social media – showing people how to make money through side hustles and booking in one-to-one sessions.<br /><br />She had also decided to spend her life savings on business training.<br /><br />Romanee said: “I spent all my savings on a business coach. <br /><br />“I knew it would help me make £53k.<br /><br />“But it was scary at the time.”<br /><br />By February 2023 Romanee had made £20,000 in six weeks by providing coaching and quit her job. <br /><br />She said: “That was my entire wage in a full year.”<br /><br />Romanee then set her goals on being a six-figure business owner and created the delusion that she was already one – to make it happen.<br /><br />She said: “I was showing up as if I was that six-figure business owner.<br /><br />“I was doing things as if I was already that person.<br /><br />“I had £500, and I test drove my dream car.<br /><br />“I thought – ‘if I was a six-figure business owner what would I do?’<br /><br />“Six months later I put down a deposit on the car.”<br /><br />Romanee reached £53k ($100,000 AUD) in July 2023 and made £7,000 in one week.<br /><br />She said: “I used to earn £305 in one week.<br /><br />“The difference is huge.”<br /><br />Romanee’s lifestyle has seen a huge transformation, but she has also seen a big one in herself.<br /><br />She said: “I wasn’t sure of myself.<br /><br />“Now I’m proud of myself and trusting.<br /><br />“It’s the most valuable thing.”<br /><br />She said her friends and family questioned her choices when she quit her job – asking if she had a back-up plan and would send her job ads but she has proved them wrong.<br /><br />Romanee said: “I want to show women and people we have to allow ourselves to dream big. It can feel silly.<br /><br />“Anything is possible – you’ve just got to ask for it.<br /><br />“You need to not only believe it, but you need to be willing to do what you can.<br /><br />“Thinking huge and putting myself in conversations and rooms lead to opportunity.<br /><br />“Step outside your comfort zone.<br /><br />“Allow yourself to dream and get comfortable in owning it.”<br /><br />Romanee's delulu tips -<br /><br />- Use the budgeting method - think of a budget of money coming into you. Set a budget for how you are going to spend that money eg. putting a deposit on your dream car. Do this once a week to see what it would be like to have this money. Let go of where you expect the money to come from. <br /><br />- Let go the how and sit their and be delusional.<br /><br />- Think of your dream car and go and test drive it. <br /><br />- If you want to be an influencer, create content like you have a million followers.<br /><br />- Speak it into existence.<br /><br />- Dream big to the point of people telling you to be realistic.
