These days I consider myself to be moving in a direction in alignment somewhat with who I am but more so who I aspire to be - my "future self". But that's not always been the case. It took me a long time to discover not only what direction to aim in and not only how to aim in a particular direction in life, but first to discover that aiming at something at all was even a thing.

For at least the least the first 25 years of my life I didn't really have a clue. After finishing secondary school at 16, my enthusiasm for learning was non-existent. So after three months of college I realised I had no obligation to be there and stopped attending. No more academia for me. Then followed dead end jobs, self-loathing, undesirable behaviour, and so on. I was lost. It wasn't until my early twenties that I managed to progress my interest in all things IT to a real job. There began a twinkle of self-worth but there wasn't really a real spark until later in my twenties. I discovered books for the first time since school. More specifically, I discovered that there existed books on "personal development", a whole subject previously unbeknown to me. Improving oneself. Wow. This had never occurred to me. The spark was well and truly lit.

In the ensuing years I became more and more interested in improving myself, including developing an interest in health and nutrition. What a discovery that was! I can put different things in my body and I actually feel good? I could think more clearly, had more energy. Without any previous point of reference, I didn't even know my previous state was sub-optimal. Then in more recent years I discovered the importance of personal finance. Something I'd earlier considered irrelevant and so I was totally ignorant to how fundamental it was. But after reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad I was sold on its necessity. And I also realised I had an unhealthy relationship with money. Deeply buried self-liming beliefs had prevented me my entire life to be able to make any progress towards financial stability and towards wealth.

And so the journey of radical transformation in these fundamental areas of life continued. So now, at the age of 35, I've managed to get myself to a place where I feel physically, mentally, and financially stable. But now what? That's where self-actualisation comes in. I've kind of become a little obsessed with self-actualisation. A term coined by Abraham Maslow in the 1960's, it's the pursuit of becoming everything one can be. And the pursuit itself is rewarding. Reflecting every day, week, month, on where one has made progress, even simply in building and maintaining a simple habit, is extremely rewarding providing a sense of strength, grow, and discipline. And so I want to support others pursue their dreams and share what's worked for me.