What is Next in Life?
We are at the end of 2nd semester of 2025/2026. Today we start with conducting the students’ final exams.
At this time period, I feel more relaxed and settled and ask myself: So now what? What is next? Shall I compile the contents of my second self-help book? Or I make a daily slot to distribute copies of my 1st book? Or probably I execute workshops and seminars to encourage the mental and emotional health and wellbeing (my favourite topic)?
Many things I see myself doing. Being an author and self-publisher and distributor can be so time and energy consuming. But I see it as a personal journey to detoxify myself from all those negative thoughts I used to carry majority of my life like:
Who you think you are to be doing what you do?
Stay small and do the same thing every day
No one will ever notice what you do
You will be rejected and laughed at
Do what others are doing and you will be fine and safe
Don’t go out the line and don’t be different
And on and on the inner critic keeps going. What I notice when I write my inner dialogue here, it becomes so clear and visible what happened.
Issues and childhood wounds. The childhood needs (mental and emotional) that were never met. The influence of society pressure. What the school system did to my personality and character. How I bubbled myself in the safety and comfort zone. How I restricted myself and limited my potential to that small box.
Remember. Sky is your limit. Do what it takes to fly. Read. Write. Blog. Publish. Compile a book. Share. Have conversations about it. Gather a community. Create conditions for people to meet up and talk. Yes a teacher in the university. But also a teacher in life, in the community, in the neighborhood, and in schools.
It doesn’t matter what others are doing. Just pay attention to yourself, your needs and your journey. What you learn on the way and what you gain.