Imagine a world…
Where you find inspiration to craft the life that suits you best
Today is the first day of spring, new moon and the start of a new astrological year. If you do believe in signs, today is a good day to start something new. That’s why today is the day I post my first blog on this new publication.
A publication I have envisioned so many times, but was afraid to start. As you can read in the About page I have been hesitant to start a publication in the English language. And I have been flirting with the idea of starting this on Substack as well. I checked it out, started 2 magazines, but I didn’t follow up on them. I stopped posting after a while because I didn’t see a lot of subscribers coming to me. Which of course was due to the fact that I was hesitant about throwing my English work out in the open. But this weekend all the dots connected and I decided to go for it.
When you click the little pink button below, you’ll become a subscriber and will receive all my writings in your inbox immediately. You can become a paid subscriber too, in this way you’ll get some extra’s ànd you are supporting my work as a writer. This last thing is also something I have been playing with for a while. I have created a lot of content in the past and never asked anything for it. So much so that I have been in depth for a lot of years, just to support my writing. I had a fairly simple life, just to be able to do what I loved to do most…
Over the years I have learned that my stories are impactful. They change lives. And therefore I want to spend more time creating them and bringing them out into the world. There is still so much I want to write. But because it is such a natural thing for me, I never even thought about asking for money. Except for the books I am selling. So if you love my writing and want to become a member of my inner circle, please subscribe and become a paid member. Until the 7th of April 2023 (my birthday) you’ll get a discount of 22% for your first subscription year.
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Imagine a world…
In the last 15 years I have been writing about my frustrations with the world. I ask questions about almost everything we have created. I tried to create my life according to my own standards while being a citizen of the world as well. I didn’t always manage very well I guess. I was just trying to figure it all out. Staying connected to the old ànd stepping into something new. I had many questions about the way we are treated by politicians and companies who seem to rule the world. And by society in general. The way we think about how we or others should live and how we could get more and more and more. A few months ago I had a lightbulb moment…
Love is the only answer,
we cannot create a different world with a fighting energy.
It is my belief that we all have a say in how we create our world. If we change the things in our own lives and talk about this with friends, family and colleagues we can bring small sparkles of change into the world.
Dream (y)our future
To be able to do this, we need to imagine a world where things are different. By seeing this you are able to change. You will be able to bring the visions into reality. I have seen this so many times in my own life and with the people I have worked with. After years of resistance I learned to understand that you do become the things you think. So if you keep thinking things are impossible to achieve, they will be impossible to achieve. When you start thinking different thoughts, you will change your life.
When I wake up…
In the years where my life wasn’t the way I wanted it to be I had a morning ritual in which I started the day writing. I started with the sentence: ‘When I wake up…’ and then the words started flowing. The story was more or less the same every day. I would wake up in a house on a hill, the sun was shining brightly and I would have an incredible view on the sea. I was writing. I was living with other people in this house and there was always a supply of good and healhty food. And it always felt so distant to me, so unreachable, but in the end it was a vision that came true.
A house with sea view
Last year I was staying in a house on Corfu on a hill with sea view and I was writing my first novel. I was writing other books as well and I realised, I can make my dreams come true.
After this first period in my Greek house on the hill I started to make new plans. I wanted to return to Greece and live there for a longer period of time. So I did, last year I stayed in a villa in Gialova. And last month I returned to my favourite island. I am going to find myself a house here where I can live for an unlimited time (they tell me that this is difficult on Greek islands, but I have decided I’m gonna proof them al wrong😉).
Start with small steps
What I want you to know is that in order to have a life suited to your needs and values you don’t have to move to a sunny island in the Ionian sea. But things start to change when you start to envision your dreams and make small steps.
What is your dream?
Dreams are different for everyone. But if you want to know your dreams, you can start with the same exercise I did all these years ago. You can also start meditating or drawing what you see or any other visioning exercise you might like. The most important thing in my opinion is that you start to see what your true desires are. Because sometimes you feel you need something and that is not exactly the thing you really want.
Ask yourself: Why do I want this?
The example I mainly use is this one: when you are living in a big city going to your office job every day, you might start dreaming about owning your own bed and breakfast in the South of France. You think you will have more free time when you live there. From experience I can tell you, that you’ll probably have less time and more problems. But there might be something within this desire you need in your life right now.
Start asking yourself why you want to be living like this. Keep asking yourself this question five times. And see what answer lies underneath. Sometimes it is just the wish for more free time or time in nature. Which you can give yourself anytime. Wherever you live, whatever your priorities are. Start with a small step and spend 15 minutes in nature every day for example. And see what is changing in your life.
My new world
I have always dreamt about living abroad as a writer. And now I am. I have always dreamt about earning enough money with my writing so that I don’t have to have any other jobs, when I don’t want to. That is why this magazine isn’t just a free publication. You can become a member of this publication and support my work. I would love to welcome you in my world, because with a free subscription you’ll have access to a live zoom call every month and the opportunity to join the discussion and ask me all kinds of questions that I love to answer in the monthly sessions or maybe in specific blogs or podcasts.
If you don’t have the means to support my work financially it would mean the world to me if you share my writings with your family and friends who might benefit from these stories as well.
With love,
