Coachella, LSD, and experimenting at Joshua tree– sound familiar? With millennials chapter 2 making their debut (gen z), we’re starting to see a common theme of self exploration.
Both generations are making it cool to introspect and I’m all for it.
But when you’re lost as shit, what does it mean to find yourself? Is there a process, or is it really just getting lost and then observing what you find?
The catalyst of change for me was movement– Hero’s Journey crap. I left the known and entered the unknown, and did it a few times. No books, personality tests, or psychic natal chart readings could make up for this.
When you leave and you’re alone, all that’s left is your base.
Everything you’ve ever been influenced by is instantly peeled off and you get to discover how you really feel about the world and yourself.
Never leaving your hometown is dangerous– because you stay under your influences.
But if you can’t leave, is there another option? I’d still recommend leaving but there is– and that’s purposely challenging your own beliefs.
What do you really believe? About the world, about yourself, about others? Why do you believe it– is that voice in your head your own?
These are not easy questions to answer but ultimately it’s this time of thinking that frees us.
You have to find yourself and the only way to do that is to start with the fact that you don’t know yourself.
Let go of your strong opinions and pop the hood– take a look at what’s in there. The reason people are so angry and depressed is because they’re repressed. They’re not themselves, they’ve lost touch.
Don’t share their fate.
Explore.
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