The Journey Begins... but WHY?
January 3, 2019 - the day my journey begins. It is the day when my favorite quote finally felt like the truth in my life:
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." – Theodore Roosevelt
I finally dared to dare…
The preparation began back in September 2018. My lease was cancelled from renewing. My team was being trained to switch to a remote work-style. My Airbnb search was on. My family was bewildered. REMOTE YEAR, I was all in!
THE WHY: Nothing is wrong with my life, in fact, it’s as good as it gets. I’ve spent 17 years in South Florida - this is home. I’ve build my digital marketing agency business from the ground up to a well-oiled machine, where we love our work and our clients and have an awesome, collaborative team. I’ve intentionally surrounded myself with the best people, friends and mentors who taught me to be strong, brave and daring. I’ve given my time and genuine damns to my awesome community through volunteer work and projects like CreativeMornings Palm Beach. I am very comfortable here. That is the problem.
After spending years and lots of sweat equity on orchestrating the perfect life, I find it to be too structured and predictable. I want MORE. I’m also scared, both of what I’ll find out there and what I’ll miss out on while searching for more.
Existential crisis? No, maybe, I don’t know. Millennial looking for validation? Absolutely! But mostly, I am so lucky to be in the position that I am in. All I need is my laptop and a strong wifi connection to do 99% of my work. Most people would kill to get here; and here I am, sitting on this golden opportunity for 3 whole years now and doing nothing with it.
So why now: 2018 was a year of life-changing events and breakthroughs. From heart-wrenching relationship failure that pulled the rug from under me for a while, to an unprecedented death of someone close who inspired me to rethink the meaning of life (#fuckcancer), to the CreativeMornings Global Summit where mind-shattering conversations and workshops opened my eyes, to discovering my new manifesto in “You Are a Badass” by Jen Sincero, to the endless signs and messages appearing at the most random of times. Everything led me to this moment of “surrender.”
I’m simply following the path that I’m on to see where it takes me. Letting go of control, learning to trust, overcoming my fears, understanding the language of the universe, and surrendering to what is.
What is there to lose anyway? If I hate it, suck at working remotely, get tired of traveling, fail after trying – home is always there. The easiest thing to do is to take no action. So I’m going to trust this path that has been revealed to me.
And I hope you all can venture on this awesome journey with me by learning from my trials and errors and discovering your own path along the way. I hope that at the least, my 2019 can be a case study to inspire and/or reassure you that there is no one way to live your life.
Thank you for your good vibes!
