HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It was such a crazy 2023 for me!

The year started off with me spending 2 months in Turkey.

And then the 2 massive earthquakes happened and I ended up being on the road for 3 days with my friends. (Watch my vlog-article about my beginning of year journey here.)

After witnessing so much death and destruction, I came back to North Carolina and decided to not waste any more time while I am still alive and well.

I got rid of tons of bad habits, tons of unhelpful ideas, and restarted my X and Medium accounts.

By then, I had already been writing for a little over a year but I did not publish most of my work. (Around 5% of my work were turned into YouTube videos but then again, I deleted most of my old YouTube videos so now I have nothing to show for…)

I now have a service to offer.

I had no idea I would come this far.

Just 6 months ago, I found myself crying hard one evening and was in complete despair, thinking “this is how I am going to live and die”.

I was very angry at myself.

I didn’t know what I wanted but I knew what I do not want -

So I tried to get back into the US Navy officer program in order to go to OCS (Officer Candidate School).

I started going to the gym in order to pass my first PRT.

To make the story short, I ended up not replying the last email from my recruiter.

As I became healthier and stronger through consistent diet and regular exercise, my mind became clearer and I got deeper and deeper with self-inquiry.

And all of a sudden, everything just CLICKED!

Not really, actually…

not everything clicked for me in one instance.

It took me years and it will take years more to realize my purpose.

I may never realize why I am here but it’s okay.

As long as we have a direction then all we need to do is walk along and enjoy the journey.

For now, the process of discovering myself through honest work, learning, connecting with others, and play (relaxed tinkering) is very fulfilling.

I no longer wake up dreading my day because I have lots to look forward to.

And I look forward to seeing all of us grow in 2024.

Happy New Year once again and let’s keep moving!

PS - Here is a link to the database of all of my previous letters in case you want to re-read something.

Truly,

DeryaSefer

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING?

1. I’ve optimized my Medium content this past week and one of my articles blew up! So far, I got around 2,000 claps and it’s still going! You can read the article here: https://medium.com/bouncin-and-behavin-academy/my-december-earnings-as-a-new-writer-surprising-c088f95f76ea?sk=300778a3aca88a5b05161ea4c7dbe49e (this is a friend link so you don’t need to be a member to read it!)

   I didn’t realize we can actually make money on Medium until my post picked up!

2. I am working on optimizing my X account. X is a bit more stressful for me but I can do it!

3. I got burnt out on X the day before Christmas and had to take a step back. Through this I realized that it is not a good idea to work indefinitely so now I limit my daily work hours… and, no more checking X every 30 minutes, that was NOT HEALTHY!!