Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

Or my way of becoming a starter again.

My Phoenix tale

I got fired. For the first time in my career life so far I got fired. It did not hit me completely by surprise since my boss and me have been talking about the team’s portfolio change for a while.

But wow…I got fired.

(Until now, it’s always been my own decision to leave and I wasn’t planning to leave yet. I was committed to help the people in this company for some more years. But hey.)

I am an optimist I have to say.

This time, I need to say it even louder to keep myself believing it. But I am bad at it at the moment as I feel it sucks. Some voices in my head keep calming me down that I will get over it, that I will find a new job (…I ‘only’ have to start applying…). Ok then. Let’s keep pretending to just keep cool and enjoy this time too. Let’s see what this time can bring and maybe it’s time to reinvent my work, myself, my purpose anyway.

Well…this sounds nice, but the being-fired-feelings suck. It’s kind of shameful. I feel like not being wanted.

And even more with all the Corona lockdown rules and the “new 1,5m society” they want to work on here in Holland. These suck too btw. Badly and I will do my best to protest against it.

Oh wow. I already feel lighter after saying ’sucks’ for the third time — actually for the fourth time ;).

And every end is a new beginning, isn’t is?

Rebirth

So, what do I want?

I want a connected society. I don’t want a world of disconnected robots. Actually, to me the corporate world often felt like that already.

I love us human beings.

I never want us to think about ourselves as virus spreaders or worse. Honestly, if we start living that 1,5m society idea, to me it’s like starting to clear the way for a human-free world on the long term. This is not what I want for the future. Let’s think clear here and let’s not start displacing ourselves from this planet through stupid decisions. I want us to take wise decision.

Oh wait. I am opening up a new topic here. Ok, maybe let’s save this for one of the next stories. ;)

I am a humanist.

The longer I live on this beautiful planet, the more I am realising it.

And what I dream of for all of us — for you, my fellow human beings, and me — is:

• Live a wall-free life. (Side note: I am referring here to my previous blog story.)
• Live a life which is based on dreams, excitement, passion, creativity and — as I learnt from Steve Jobs — stay hungry, stay foolish.
• Live your real life.

Whohoo.

Good to have that clarified and ‘written in black ink’ in front of me. Having that all said makes me realising that getting fired from this corporate world most probably is the best that could happen to me. It’s my chance to leave this unhealthy world.

I’ll take it.

So, then I guess, I am a beginner again.

How does that thought feel? I feel freed, excited, anxious, vulnerable, awake, creative, courageous and alive.

It won’t be easy, but I will try. I will help people who are creatives and smaller companies with sustainable ideas to break their walls and fly.

Thank you corporate world for getting rid om me.