This is not just a picture.
September 2020. It was day 13 and I had cycled well over 1000km. I just left the most empowering meeting with my mentor Philip and I was riding along a canal. I was listening to music. No particular playlist, a general shuffle.
I don't know if I told you before that I love guitar music. I've been a DJ in the 90's and grunge was my trademark. I feel energised listening to the guitars of the nineties.
BASKET CASE by Green Day came up. I had a "yeah baby!!!" feeling and pushed the pedals a bit harder, which is pure joy with a body in shape.
On my right hand side there was a seagull flying above the canal and he looked at me. Several times. We looked each other in the eyes. I felt real connection. I pushed harder and started a sort of time trial. The seagull adjusted his pace and we went together, watching each other and the road/route.
It was an amazing feeling, totally energised by the music. That bird stayed with me till the song was over!
This was a moment of ultimate freedom to me. Although this picture is a stock picture, it brings me back to that magical ride.
Freedom, the movie, my movie
By the end of 2010 I was fed up with the rat race. Daily traffic jams while listening to news drove me crazy and I started listening to podcasts with my longtime hero Graham Hancock.
I got inspired by his passionate talks and felt the urge to meet him. After he gave away his email address, I contacted him. One step lead to the other and before I knew it, I started a long journey which would result in the making of my first film "Freedom".
The films tells the quest of a fictional character, in search of the deeper meaning of Freedom.
It is a 12 chapter journey, inspired on the signs of the zodiac.
Each chapter of the film takes exactly 360 seconds and the film is filled with references and numbers.
10 years later
I feel I failed as a documentary maker. I couldn't make a living of it. I didn't really try.
I failed to make a living producing commercial video productions too.
I managed to get by by becoming a drone instructor, but then I failed as a founding entrepreneur. I couldn't get the company make money soon enough.
January 2021. The local court declared my bankruptcy and made an end to my self-employment.
All my life I've been getting compliments for many talents, but I didn't manage them in a way to become successful in anything. Then I got diagnose ASD and ADHD at the age of 45. In the meantime my IQ was tested and I scored 129 with a particular disharmonious profile, meaning my scores vary a lot.
I finally see now that I have underestimated my weaknesses. I need to learn things where other people don't. Easy social functions don't come easy to me, which is a big deal when you go selling your own products and services.
So there's my new window to Freedom. The diagnose taught me that I don't need to be ashamed to ask for help.
Last year I took the brilliant decision to become a member of an online marketing academy. It brought me insight and techniques to make an online living.
The lifestyle that perfectly fits me. The window to freedom.
I hope I will be able to inspire you. I want to expand your mind.
In service of the truth.
Because ultimately, the truth is the only thing that can set anyone free.
Hallo PJ,
Ik zal je met veel plezier volgen!