Questioning Everything as A Way of Life

As I was questioning everything, I read this comment yesterday that stayed with me, “Same shit. Different decade.”

As a child of war, I laughed out loud and wept on the inside.

Some of us choose to rely on trusted, and what we believe to be reliable, sources just because everyone else does. When the conversations and people around us are negative, this energy seeps into our lives. When the news broadcasts 24/7 all the horrible things that are happening in the world, we get to choose whether to buy-into the stories projected on our screens or what we can actually do at this point in history. We didn’t just come here to be someone else’s “audience.”

But what the digital platforms we each have access to today (if we have a device, connectivity and a way to charge it) allows us to get rid of the gatekeeper and find out things for ourselves. We can find ways to connect directly with people on the ground who can tell us what is happening. There is no need for experts or pundits. But most of us have been conditioned to rely so heavily on gatekeepers that we don’t know how to simply connect directly.

After becoming a digital nomad in May 2021, I joined a number of communities that help me navigate my path tremendously. Sure, I have to sift through lots of posts to find what resonates with me. But I am…