SELF
The Easiest Way to Prevent Your Future From Happening
Living your life with physical boundaries will create mental ones, too.
I’m going to a little shop around the corner every day. I know the guy who works there for 6 years. When we first met, we bonded about movies and slowly became friends. I got to know his life circle, which is limited to that shop and the house he lives in a few blocks away.
He’s 45 years old and had never been outside of the UK up until about 2 years ago. I encouraged him to travel, see the world, breathe in the culture in other countries. He cherished it. He always wanted to do it, but the family business came first. Work above everything else.
He’s had his fair share of drugs, drinking, and a lifestyle that was leading nowhere. He defined that as his youth and said that it took him many years to get past it. Now, he is just simply miserable and unhappy without a partner and free time to do what he aspires.
His life revolves around that 200 square feet shop and the 500-meter walk back to his apartment, where he lives and supports his parents. His only remedies are films and the occasional holidays he goes on.
He comes from an Indian heritage, but up until about 2 years ago, he had never visited his…
