Overcoming oneself
When you work & travel for a couple of weeks in a row, you realize, that it doesn’t drive you the dopamine hit as it used to. Yes, you can easily start considering it a norm and even somewhat… boring. And there you realize, that the happiness, the satisfaction, is not that bright strong feeling, but that it’s peaceful.
Looking back a few years ago; not so long, right?; The younger me would never believe what kind of life I will live today. I see a big strength in me, dedication, capability to achieve what I want to, power, ease of growth, joy of public speaking, and now also a great belief in my own capabilities and interconnected thoughts. My life has always been a ride, but now it feels to me a way calmer — despite it’d be insane for many.
There are moments in life you feel your knees shake, you think you cannot accept this reality, but then you realize, that — of course, you can, it’s yours. A year ago, I became the Liberland Representative to Georgia, few months ago it was becoming the Press Secretary, to manage global marketing two weeks later, and now, I will most likely go to Malaysia to speak at the Nomad Capitalist Conference. Over the past year, I spoke at many places about individual freedom both for Liberland and for myself.
Do you know what I expected in mid-2020?
I thought I would study IT Management till mid-2022, stay in Prague in a nice clean central flat, work in the IT company I used to work at, and then I will start traveling more, I hoped to make 2k$ a month by then.
A few weeks later I decided to relocate 3000 km away and in the same period, instead of sitting on my ass in central Europe, I traveled to some 20 countries. And I inspired thousands of people around the globe to follow their dreams and live more. [How to escape obsolete Holidays concept]
One of the great things about moving to Georgia was that I started going to the best places in the country — simply because they were affordable to me. Since I moved in, I realized I do not check the price tags. That was a freedom to myself, this is the way I want to think and live, not being scared about too pricy stuff, or being ripped off.
Georgia to me was a logical place to go, despite I think I chose it more unconsciously: it offers more acceptance and warmth from people than I used to know in Central Europe. It taught me that there’s enough space for everyone. I’ve learned something about unconditional acceptance. And that even the poorest people can give you a place to sleep, and food.
It was a must-place for me to go to understand I do not ask for too much, nor I do not need too much. I stopped thinking about the matter of borders. I realized I am the manager of my life — financially, from the environment, opportunities, potential, surroundings perspective.
If everything is possible, what do I want to achieve?
I realize the answer to this question will change every 3–6 months because I will only see more and more opportunities, I will increase my awareness of my value and I will adjust this as I go. Yet, at some point, the direction stays.
I am just reading the book by Osipov, which provides some great guidance to set the direction for the next 3 years — and create oneself the ideal life image. [It’s the guy from whom I bought a 5-day education in Dubai for 3k$.]
Over the years, I can only say I really achieved most things I wanted, that I wrote down. They seemed crazy or impossible back then, but they really happened. Thus, I am the only manager of my direction. I am the only one responsible for where I am and where I want to be.
Where I am today is the result of my past actions. If I am unhappy in some of the areas — relationship, body, business, socialization, where I live — this is the result of what I did to be where I am. I believe the balance between pride and appreciation for getting where we are today AND the drive towards the future — it’s what makes us go ahead without burnout. If I am not happy with some result today, I have to change the actions to get a different result. But,
Do I even know where I want to be?
Is the current environment, the current relationships with people, the current business, what makes me happy, when I get up? Is my vision of the future what gets me out of the bed? Do my eyes sparkle for this goal?
Because, if not, I realized, that means, it’s not truly ours. [I spoke more about our wants in the video on Instability, in the first part]
And, if everything is possible, then why I do not aim for my dream life?
Oftentimes during my life, I felt like I overcame myself: when I was managing 150 people at the world’s largest d’n’b festival, being 21 years old; when I got 3 million post views on LinkedIn; when I traveled on my own for months; when I am invited to speak at the conferences.
Should I already send myself to the pension?
I’d do it if I’d say ‘I got enough’.
Oh, come on, I am just 28. What’s next? What’s the next ideal I want to?
In his book, Osipov wrote, that he wants to create a self-development education that will inspire millions of people around the globe to improve their lives, which will be translated into different languages. And here we go — I learned his language myself and I will travel to Dubai from Georgia to attend his live presentation.
It’s an incredible goal and I see in it much more: he has a clear belief in his own worth and thoughts. He knows he can achieve it, maybe not sure about how exactly in the given moment, but he knows he will. It is very authentic to him (he has been dedicated to growth for many years).
So, what’s my direction, then?
I want to inspire people around the globe (and, I already do, at some point), to accept responsibility for their own life and broaden their opportunities — to broaden their freedoms. That’s also very authentic to me: individual freedom. It’s my dark and my bright side — maybe someday I will explain why. Freedom and responsibility are very authentic for myself, for the good and the bad. I want to be a top global speaker about individual freedom.
How do I want to do it?
I want to finish the book this year. I want to do public speeches. I want to create videos and short videos to increase the reach of my way of thinking. I may create an education program related to it [live educational seminars].
But of course, first, I had to get to the point of appreciating my own value, my worth, trusting myself. [Do you have these? And if not, what holds you back?] I know, I do not need to know exactly how I will achieve the result if I will listen to my intuition. I trust myself.
We continue next with Osipov’s questions (I copy-paste them here, so you can answer on your own during your journaling):
What does my body look like? How do I feel? What does my business look like? What do my relationships and my family look like? How do I spend my day? What makes me truly happy? Where do I live? Who is in my neighborhood? What is my relationship with my parents? What contribution am I making to the world and to humanity?
I am where I wanted to be, but I do not go to the pension tomorrow. I can go and achieve more. [I spoke about what holds us back from it here.]
I feel now like bumping into a wall: a wall I’ve created myself. And the only way to destroy it, is to answer the above questions, because behind this wall is the whole new world. The world that awaits me. The world I want to walk. And I know I will not be satisfied if I will stay behind this wall.
You?
One more thought from Osipov: to progress and move to the next level, we either need to go through certain crises, to get disappointed in our reality to create a real change. We either let life put us in this crisis [bad relationship, work that makes us upset, being sick], or oftentimes, we do not understand these are the signals from our life, that something is not okay [it’s not okay to live the life that doesn’t make us happy, as if we were the victim of living].
However, we can create the ‘crisis’, intentionally, ourselves. We can ruin our current reality, in order to upgrade it where we want to. Go into the scary unknown, to the emptiness, go through it, and bring oneself to the next level.
Cannot we just add the new to the current state? Can you add 1 l of fresh soup into the pot of 10 l spoiled soup, what will you get? 11 liters of spoiled soup.
Having a full table, you cannot add more things there. Having a partner at home, you cannot seek a new healthy partnership, unless you live alone. Working 24/7 for someone, can you create your own business? Maybe instead of sleep :)
Are you ready to intentionally create and go through the crisis, to ruin, in order to build? Just never forget, that you never really start from scratch and appreciate what you already have. The biggest success you already have is that you were born.
Your reality cannot be worse than where you already are, because you have everything to get where you are today. You can always repeat it in some way.
Take care,
Sam
P.S. I know I wrote about Georgia at first and I haven’t finished this thought, but then I decided to keep this question open. I think it’s a great country for a certain purpose, but I now question my reality on whether it’s the best I want in life in the next year horizon.
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