I’m not a writer but I am someone who loves to write, ironically. I write for anyone who can obtain value from what I write. I write because I wish someone that I could have related to had wrote how they navigated their life for me to learn from.
I also write for myself to keep an online daily journal of my life to hopefully read with my future kids and observe my growth. But if I am not here this would be for them to learn about me from me. I honestly think this is the way we really should communicate with each other. In a way it’s like writing a love letter to your loved ones. The ones who want to hear your voice again can go to your blog and read your posts in their head with your voice. It’s also a memoir to leave for your family and friends and others.
The turbulences you experience in life are sometimes unique but not solely ever experienced. However, people are not comfortable always sharing their stories and experiences. People aren’t comfortable with being a failure. Well, I wasn’t or rather I’m not still. But I’m extremely more uncomfortable with not learning from failure, it rattles me more than failing. So, I am learning to fail with grace and forgiveness understanding that it’s part of life.
Life is about failure because nothing goes perfect in life. How does that saying go? If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans! Even if you’re not religious just exchange it for Mother Nature, The Universe, etc. same principle applies. I mean, I’m 37, I thought if I was to ever get married and have kids, which I don’t know if I ever believed would happen to be quite honest, it would be well before the age of 35 otherwise I would live a life of just being promiscuous. But that doesn’t seem exciting or actually a good use of my time to be honest. However here I am going to be married with kids after the age of 37. I thought I was going to invest and make 250k by 37 and well I’m not close to that. I made some lousy financial decisions looking back with the use of some of my funds thinking I just knew the market moves and lost 40k. Don’t be like me pay off your debts all of them first and foremost once you make a lump sum of money. Dave Ramsey is wrong about somethings but he’s right removing bad debt out your life is the first step of freedom.
However, I have recently realized freedom is not solely about money. It’s part mindset as well. I thought I had to make a certain amount of money to be free. Well to me this depends on what your beliefs are. For me I just wanted enough money to travel the world while learning new things experiencing new things and being able to be with my family as much as I want. It took years for me and failing to make a certain amount of money to realize I do not even need much to do that. I just need a job where I can work remotely anywhere in the world. I can also just house sit watching dogs, cats, or horses to avoid paying rent because honestly, I’m not sure if I even want to own a home.
Living outside of the US allows you to put things in perspective. I don’t need the latest technological device such as a tablet or smartphone. My digital use is to escape boredom but living somewhere like Portugal or Caribbeans you can just escape to a beach, mountains, forest, or national park without technology. All of these are good for your health and doing it with family is even better. I don’t need fancy cars or even want a car to be honest.
People think it’s weird but generational wealth was not, is not and will not ever really be a concern for me. I care about instilling in my kids the skills to survive off the land. I care about sustainable resources. I see the pursuit of GDP growth for countries and money for individuals as destructive to our way of life. I’m forgiving myself still for becoming a bit obsessed with trading and investing for money. But those lessons were valuable into becoming how I am today, closest to peace and happiness that I have ever been to since the first few years of college where the realities of adult life did not exist yet. Ironically it feels like I was searching for my inner child since college. I never wanted a convenient life I wanted a life of adventure where I faced uncertainity.
So I write for you to live a life that You Want! Life a Life that speaks to you! Live Your Truth!
Yoruba Demons 