Survive & Adapt or Die As A Mammoth #Q-Lifestyle (13)
Today, April 29 2024 Monday, is the day of my new life. In a new city. At a new professional endeavor of copywriting. In a new field — digital marketing & analytics. And, hell, I felt like a mammoth. No surprise for a typical office plankton that’s been afar from latest digital & IT technologies.
New terms, new programs and applications, new garments & tools — everything seemed alien and frightening in the morning. First thought — escape, as fast as I can. Go back to my parents’ house. Live a peaceful farmer’s life. Keep on writing. And (God forbid) even consider asking my former bosses to take me back to the library.
Thank goodness, there’s a human factor. Getting to know more my current colleagues eased me a big deal. For they are adequate, young, talented and S-smart (yes read it «ass-smart»). Therefore, they have some mercy and compassion for some oldies and newbies I represent.
The analogy of how I felt would be the Intern movie with Anne Hathaway & Robert De Niro. I literally felt like a retired person coming into the modern office.
With every hour and minute passed, getting lil more in-depth notion of what the company is, what it does, where it aims, I warmed up a bit, my heart started melting away. It’s a life or death moment. World changes (at least my life changed abruptly this year) and I either die — living a country life and learning no more than just writing as a side kick with hopes to someday hit the reader or I learn how to sell, wrapping the stuff in text. It’s a unique opportunity and chance for me to learn packing things in words. To be able to sell anything. And later on, sell good things — values I mean. Positive and helpful things.
One of the life lessons I chose to experience is «everything is possible» and here I am, at almost 40 learning content creation in digital marketing & analytics. Another lesson is «age is nothing, other than a mindframe chosen». Just like time. Renown physicists and modern scientists say that and I learn from them, listening their conversations on smart podcasts.
There is no such thing as stability. 2024 shall prove it, I bet. And there are millions of people starting a new life each day. People losing their homes, families, previous lives, motherlands and so much more. And if they adapt and survive, why shouldn’t I hesitate or wine.
It’s the change (adaptation to a new environment or reality) that predicts longevity. As I am no fanatic for eternal living or centennial reality, I find it useful, change, I mean, from the perspective of Q — quality lifestyle. It’s not the length of life that banks in, but the quality of it. Leaving this life empty — fulfilling your potential — testing your hypothesis in real life. For I see, life as a: a) Lab — where you come to test your hypothesis and propose a theory on it; b) Library — were you come to pick and learn subjects that are interesting to you.
For these reasons I’m here. In a scary new environment. Feeling like mammoth or saber tooth tiger. Yeah, life is harsh, no warm rooms and cosy blankets. Or there are, but for a brief moment. Then a tsunami or Ice Age hits and it’s a disaster.
Smart people say: «Do the hard things, challenge yourself continuously, expose yourself to cold and survival intentionally. That can equip you with survival toolkit». Cause, buddies, there’s no thriving without surviving first. Big hugs and good luck to all of us.
