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my two new kittens and have a great evening with my wife. After which I’ll go to bed and do the same work in the morning.</p><p id="cf92">I felt stuck.</p><p id="99fd">It was a horrible feeling that grappled me from the inside in a helpless moment. <i>What was I doing with my life?</i></p><p id="68bf">Fast forward to today.</p><p id="a941">We’re still in the same city with the same two kittens, but now with a new job. Furthermore, I also have new hobbies. And I have this incredible Medium for my thoughts.</p><p id="889f">It’s easy to see the results and mark a checkmark but the journey was a bitch, and it’s ever going.</p><p id="dae6">Going from that awful suffocating feeling to actually doing something is like jumping over a cliff towards an edge you cannot see. You might land on the other side or tumble down into the abyss.</p><p id="25c4">And although my life has drastically changed, I still have that fear in the back of my head.</p><p id="10be">I have a lot of side endeavors and side hustles that currently earn me a grand total of zero dollars. I am doing them out of passion and true belief that one day they could sustain me. But currently, it’s like climbing the foot of a mountain, knowing that the top has glamour without even seeing it.</p><p id="facc">I am afraid to wake up in five years and still work in software development.</p><p id="530a">As a millennial, I am well aware of my generational quest for freedom from big chains

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and purposeless work. However, I cannot shake the fear that I will not move anything.</p><p id="14ad">Don’t get me wrong, money is awesome, but I seek more than anything the freedom to employ myself. Being my own boss to live my life freely as much as I can is my dream.</p><p id="5e1a">So what can you do?</p><p id="460a">One step at a time. It’s advice I live by and implement each and every day. Hopefully one day I will be the one pointing the finger and telling everybody “see? SEE? One step at a time got me here!”</p><p id="6932">The most important thing is not to give up.</p><p id="a601">Keep believing and together we will achieve freedom!</p><p id="985e">And show your inner child some love while you’re at it because it’s the best thing you can do for yourself:</p><div id="ca28" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/show-your-inner-child-some-love-d11921670f0"> <div> <div> <h2>Show Your Inner Child Some Love</h2> <div><h3>We cannot talk about where we’re from or what we do for a profession. We are all strangers unified because we came to…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*mJ8fcymb_1nu4s3tKouHKg.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

I am Scared of Being Stuck

On my way off work, I passed in front of the old station I used to take my bus for heading home. I no longer did because we moved apartments, and I was in the area just because I was going someplace else. Otherwise, the next thought that came into my mind would have never popped.

“Astronaut sitting in a blue small cage with legs folded. In front of him, there is a big light bulb in the old style of the 1900’s glowing. It is all happening on mars during the day. Anti alias. 3d art. real life”— This is an AI-generated image whose copyright is with the Author, by using Midjourney The author assumes responsibility for the copyright of this image.

It felt wrong.

I remembered being myself only a few months ago and reminisced on how I would return home. I would ride the bus to the city we love so dearly and have to leave. I would meet my wife and our still-alive cat. We’ll have a fun evening after which we’ll go to bed and I’ll go to work the morning after.

It was a beautiful memory, so why did it feel so wrong?

Because I would still head up home, although in a different city. I would meet up with my two new kittens and have a great evening with my wife. After which I’ll go to bed and do the same work in the morning.

I felt stuck.

It was a horrible feeling that grappled me from the inside in a helpless moment. What was I doing with my life?

Fast forward to today.

We’re still in the same city with the same two kittens, but now with a new job. Furthermore, I also have new hobbies. And I have this incredible Medium for my thoughts.

It’s easy to see the results and mark a checkmark but the journey was a bitch, and it’s ever going.

Going from that awful suffocating feeling to actually doing something is like jumping over a cliff towards an edge you cannot see. You might land on the other side or tumble down into the abyss.

And although my life has drastically changed, I still have that fear in the back of my head.

I have a lot of side endeavors and side hustles that currently earn me a grand total of zero dollars. I am doing them out of passion and true belief that one day they could sustain me. But currently, it’s like climbing the foot of a mountain, knowing that the top has glamour without even seeing it.

I am afraid to wake up in five years and still work in software development.

As a millennial, I am well aware of my generational quest for freedom from big chains and purposeless work. However, I cannot shake the fear that I will not move anything.

Don’t get me wrong, money is awesome, but I seek more than anything the freedom to employ myself. Being my own boss to live my life freely as much as I can is my dream.

So what can you do?

One step at a time. It’s advice I live by and implement each and every day. Hopefully one day I will be the one pointing the finger and telling everybody “see? SEE? One step at a time got me here!”

The most important thing is not to give up.

Keep believing and together we will achieve freedom!

And show your inner child some love while you’re at it because it’s the best thing you can do for yourself:

Show Your Inner Child Some Love

We cannot talk about where we’re from or what we do for a profession. We are all strangers unified because we came to…

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