Hello everyone,
I've been lurking around a while and thought the time had come to introduce myself. I've read both Fastlane and Unscripted and took my time on both books to absorb the messages and mindset.
I have done many different things, including being an artist, a landlord, a financial technical writer, web designer, a day trader, a Thai massage therapist and a coach.
This list may seem a little random, but the same interest motivated me to get involved in all of these activities: a fascination with humans -- who or what we are and what makes us tick.
Once I started trading, I got obsessed with it (addicted is probably a better word). I lost a lot of money and have been struggling to recover from that. But that experience taught me so much about myself and was a bonfire for my naivety. During those years, I learned a lot about discipline, learning, mindset, goals etc. I had to accept in the end that some things just aren't going to work, no matter how hard I try and no matter how many cold showers I take, meditations I sit for and bulletproof coffees I drink.
As for where to go now, I loved art but it comes from a different time in my life. I had an amazing education at two of the best art schools in the UK, and I still feel good about that and benefit from it now. While I see myself using my creativity to support other projects, I don't want to return to the art world.
I had a lot of success with massage and get great feedback from coaching and it feels so good to do something useful. Coaching/bodywork feel like the best direction for me. The thing is, I can't see how I can get out of the financial hole that I am still in from trading (and my reaction to the losses which was to temporarily lose faith in anything ever working out for me ) with this kind of work.
I have just started writing and illustrating essays about the kind of coaching I do because it's quite unusual, and also writing about bodies and how to feel better about them (our own and other people's..). So perhaps this could become fastlane?
Thanks everyone and I really enjoy this forum.
I've been lurking around a while and thought the time had come to introduce myself. I've read both Fastlane and Unscripted and took my time on both books to absorb the messages and mindset.
I have done many different things, including being an artist, a landlord, a financial technical writer, web designer, a day trader, a Thai massage therapist and a coach.
This list may seem a little random, but the same interest motivated me to get involved in all of these activities: a fascination with humans -- who or what we are and what makes us tick.
Once I started trading, I got obsessed with it (addicted is probably a better word). I lost a lot of money and have been struggling to recover from that. But that experience taught me so much about myself and was a bonfire for my naivety. During those years, I learned a lot about discipline, learning, mindset, goals etc. I had to accept in the end that some things just aren't going to work, no matter how hard I try and no matter how many cold showers I take, meditations I sit for and bulletproof coffees I drink.
As for where to go now, I loved art but it comes from a different time in my life. I had an amazing education at two of the best art schools in the UK, and I still feel good about that and benefit from it now. While I see myself using my creativity to support other projects, I don't want to return to the art world.
I had a lot of success with massage and get great feedback from coaching and it feels so good to do something useful. Coaching/bodywork feel like the best direction for me. The thing is, I can't see how I can get out of the financial hole that I am still in from trading (and my reaction to the losses which was to temporarily lose faith in anything ever working out for me ) with this kind of work.
I have just started writing and illustrating essays about the kind of coaching I do because it's quite unusual, and also writing about bodies and how to feel better about them (our own and other people's..). So perhaps this could become fastlane?
Thanks everyone and I really enjoy this forum.
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