It wasn't me.

Or rather, it WAS me, but at a certain point it just wasn't working for me anymore. I had to start making different choices. First it was mostly outside forces that led me down a different path - still mostly life happening TO me.

Then the path started to bend more and more to my own active reasoning and decisions. Little by little and over time, I've become a master of my own destiny.

What changed?

At first, I just wanted to become a location independent entrepreneur, so that work wouldn't suck like it had in the corporate world. I started a few eCommerce businesses and became somewhat financially independent. It wasn't perhaps "life-changing riches" but enough to buy me the most important thing - my time.

In hindsight those hard early decisions have been absolutely life-saving. Sure there's also been some actual luck involved (it always plays some role!), but my general direction over the last 10 years hasn't been luck. I've had a plan - not a detailed one, but a directional one.

It's a plan that you too can follow, in your own way. It's about small steps at a time, in a steady direction - consistency. It's certainly been worth the trouble for me, and I've learned a ton - no shortage of topics to write about!

The world makes sense and you should act accordingly

I guess the way I differ most from the majority of "normies" is this: I feel that the current world events make sense. I might not be correct about everything, but at least my world view seems to have good explanation power. The way I see things allows me to act so I don't have to be a victim of the current circumstances.

While the current world situation does - understandably - make life difficult for many, just "going with the flow" is extremely likely to make things even more difficult for them. If you just take what is "given from above", you would do well to remember that shit flows downstream. However, if you understand what's going on and act accordingly, I think the future looks extremely bright!