The world has become a complex place to exist within. Countries flying the flag of science, progress and technology have drastically altered the landscape in which we live.
We live encased within these human bodies in a world dictated by system and constructed by machine. In congruence with this, the human being has started moving like machines. We work on factory time, starting at 9 and finishing at 5. We forage at the supermarket with foods grown on the mono-culture and the factory farm. Then we workout mechanically in gyms full of machines, so that we can adhere to the various images of beauty, masculinity or femininity that are portrayed by the media machine. We lug around these bodies while we only exist in our heads.
The grim reaper of mental health is taking souls and perhaps you are next. Yes, you sitting there. Stuck in a rut and wondering: is this all there is? Doing the same thing every day. Working the same job, seeing the same people, and scrolling from reel..to reel..to reel. The days are blending together and everyday seems somehow as eerily similar as the last. One day you will wake up in old age, and the thoughts (welcomed or not) will enter your mind: Did I make the most of my life? Did I reach my potential? Do I have regrets and are they my fault?
Should you be lucky enough to one day wake up in old age, what will be your answer to these questions?
There are many paths going to the top of the mountain. You must choose one that allows you to live your life to the fullest by evolving in to the best version of yourself. Understanding your core values and what sets your soul ablaze can be used as the fuel which lights up your path forward.
About 10 years ago, I realized that freedom, autonomy, courage, and empowerment were fundamental to me. I finished my Psychology and Business studies at university in Australia and didn’t want to be swallowed up in to the system of work and normality. To become another cog in some companies machine and spend the best years of my life working for the dream of someone else. I left to embark on a journey of self-discovery and to see what was actually possible out there. The experience changed me completely. I was no longer a victim or someone that life can push around.
Shake up your life. Embrace your freedom. Redesign your inner world. Break addiction and habit patterns. Learn how to thrive without the pressure and persecution of your past. And perhaps most significantly: become whoever you want.