Living outside of the BOX
When I look around me, I feel so blessed to be able to travel, to trade and to live a life full of excitement, uncertainty and changes. I embrace chaos in a peaceful way, I seek for solitude in a crowded place, I find strength out of my comfort zone and I learn to accept challenges as they are, to compose with them, because they are an integrated part of our life.
Most of us are bored, we are caught in the rat race, working in cubicles for big corporations, doing the same job day after day, repeating the same gestures, eating the same kind of food as our colleagues and climbing the corporate ladder one small step at a the time. Our lives is a repetition of boring routine. Each day we wake up at the same time, having the same coffee, commute to work in the same train, work inside the same cubicles for years, come to the same box sized apartment, watch news like everyone, having frozen junk food day after day, and then go to sleep...and tomorrow is the same routine, until we lay down in a box few decades later.
I was in Tokyo back in 2017 and I was amazed of how "robot like" Japanese life are...they are obsessed by work, to be punctual (for example: the Shinkanzen bullet train is known to be always in time , sukuba Express line between Tokyo and Tsukuba issued an apology for a train which departed the station 20 seconds early !!!), people obey to rules, to never leave work before your superior, to perform at any cost (Japan has one of the highest rate of suicide in the World)...but at the same time Japanese are addicted to video games, to virtual reality, they are in some way escaping their daily routine in a very sad way.
Everyday life is too boring, mundane and lack of challenge for most of us. We often use social media, video games and virtual reality to help us finding joy, challenge ourselves by going on new "adventures", and seek "virtual" excitement.
But I also believe we all have that inner strength to become stronger, to push us further, to be more influential, more powerful, and to seek more "real" excitement in life.
To break free from living in the "box", we have to level up in real life, not just through video games in a fantasy world. We have to opt to go for real adventures, to travel the world, to meet new people, to be in touch with cultures, to find excitement in the simple things, to take risk, and go out of our comfort zone. Don’t stay enclosed in what is comfortable and safe. Challenge yourself everyday, and move forward one step at a time. Enjoy the thrill of randomness, uncertainty, and the unknown.
Never stop pushing yourself to learn more, to have new experiences, to meet new people, to explore new territories and to seek for amazing adventures, find a passion whether that be photography, writing, film, music or something else. Challenge yourself with this question: "How can I pursue my passion everyday, if I would be stuck with this same boring job for the rest of my life." and try to find the answer. You will be surprised by how many solutions you can find when the proper question is asked and when you stop living in denial.
Stop questioning and start doing...real life begging when mental boundaries and psychological barriers are lifted.
BE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX!
VTL
