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I'm Everywhere and Nowhere. And I Own Nothing and Everything.
Over the past seven years I've lived in more places than I can remember.
I lived and worked in Shanghai, New York, Berlin, Bangkok, Munich and a few more places, not including the dozens of places I've stayed at for just a few days or weeks.
While writing these lines I'm in a small town in Malaysia.
I've basically lived out of a backpack for the past seven years. And the longer I'm doing this, the less stuff I need. Right now I carry less than 10 items around with me in a carry on backpack that weighs less than 10kg. I go wherever I want to go. I currently spend less than $800 a month. Including everything. My most precious possession is a $300 Acer laptop.
I've started a clothing company in China, for the Chinese market, which failed miserably. I've launched more than 10 websites, some of them made some money, some of them didn't. I shut down all of them. I've written seven books (this is my eighth). None of them was a bestseller. I write a blog where I published more than 500 articles so far. I've more than 100,000 monthly readers spread across multiple platforms.
I'm by no means successful. Or rich. But I have more than enough, by all means. I have access to everything I need. And I can buy and afford everything I need.
I'm not a minimalist. Or a digital nomad. Or an entrepreneur. Or a blogger. Or an author.
I'm mostly trying to just be myself. I'm trying to be myself in a world where it gets harder and harder every single day to just be yourself.
It's not always been easy. As a matter of fact it's probably been hard more often than it's been easy. But every day of struggle and doubt has been worth it. Being yourself and creating your own life instead of just living a life is always worth the struggle.
This right here is my story. This is what I've learned about life, myself and the world around me.
I'm everywhere and nowhere. And I own nothing and everything...
I lived and worked in Shanghai, New York, Berlin, Bangkok, Munich and a few more places, not including the dozens of places I've stayed at for just a few days or weeks.
While writing these lines I'm in a small town in Malaysia.
I've basically lived out of a backpack for the past seven years. And the longer I'm doing this, the less stuff I need. Right now I carry less than 10 items around with me in a carry on backpack that weighs less than 10kg. I go wherever I want to go. I currently spend less than $800 a month. Including everything. My most precious possession is a $300 Acer laptop.
I've started a clothing company in China, for the Chinese market, which failed miserably. I've launched more than 10 websites, some of them made some money, some of them didn't. I shut down all of them. I've written seven books (this is my eighth). None of them was a bestseller. I write a blog where I published more than 500 articles so far. I've more than 100,000 monthly readers spread across multiple platforms.
I'm by no means successful. Or rich. But I have more than enough, by all means. I have access to everything I need. And I can buy and afford everything I need.
I'm not a minimalist. Or a digital nomad. Or an entrepreneur. Or a blogger. Or an author.
I'm mostly trying to just be myself. I'm trying to be myself in a world where it gets harder and harder every single day to just be yourself.
It's not always been easy. As a matter of fact it's probably been hard more often than it's been easy. But every day of struggle and doubt has been worth it. Being yourself and creating your own life instead of just living a life is always worth the struggle.
This right here is my story. This is what I've learned about life, myself and the world around me.
I'm everywhere and nowhere. And I own nothing and everything...
135 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 10, 2016
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October 19, 2016
Fast read with some good points. A little repetitive and could be interpreted as being contradictory (read/don't read; think/don't think; work/don't work etc) but Girard is upfront about this ('figure it out for yourself!'). Read on Medium but available on different platforms/formats.
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April 29, 2019I love the way yann view and accept the world as he saw it, his own reality, his own dream to become what so called "A Good writer" in his own way. I love his concept to ask directly to the reader and instead he told the reader that he asking the question for himself. Its kind of self-help book but almost without any word or sentence to tell you what to do, this and that about everyone's live, or our lives. In my opinion yann just try to help hilmself with the reality he facing about how to become a good writer in his own term
And thats what i called GENIUS.
And thats what i called GENIUS.
January 3, 2019
It was a very nice ebook but a little too repetitive.
From the entire book, there is one good advice which summarizes everything.
From the entire book, there is one good advice which summarizes everything.
August 22, 2018
This book either annoys the hell out of you or you like the guy and want to have coffee with him.
If you get past the second intro there are a couple of gems to take home.
The book packs contradictions left right and center so don't pick it up thinking this is one of those "Live your life like this" books. Actually, it is one of those books but not entirely. Pick what works for you and move on because the contradictions will not allow you to be comfortable being told what to do .
It is a fairly humorous book with the phrase 'But that didn't really matter that much. Nothing really matters." popping up everywhere especially after the description of something or a scenario you relate to.
Some concepts will sit well with you and some will definitely not which is why I think its a genuine book written by someone who put exactly what he was thinking on paper.
The repetition is a lot but considering that this is a couple of blog posts weaved into a book, there was no neater way to do it.
I recommend it to anyone who needs a short read about someone's perspective on unconventionally living life.
If you get past the second intro there are a couple of gems to take home.
The book packs contradictions left right and center so don't pick it up thinking this is one of those "Live your life like this" books. Actually, it is one of those books but not entirely. Pick what works for you and move on because the contradictions will not allow you to be comfortable being told what to do .
It is a fairly humorous book with the phrase 'But that didn't really matter that much. Nothing really matters." popping up everywhere especially after the description of something or a scenario you relate to.
Some concepts will sit well with you and some will definitely not which is why I think its a genuine book written by someone who put exactly what he was thinking on paper.
The repetition is a lot but considering that this is a couple of blog posts weaved into a book, there was no neater way to do it.
I recommend it to anyone who needs a short read about someone's perspective on unconventionally living life.
December 10, 2016
Great reading!
Really interesting this book. No BS. Straight to the point. If you are looking for answers, this book is for you. If you're looking for willpower, you need to go further and after finding that willpower will not give you the answers you are looking for, you may come back to this book.
Really interesting this book. No BS. Straight to the point. If you are looking for answers, this book is for you. If you're looking for willpower, you need to go further and after finding that willpower will not give you the answers you are looking for, you may come back to this book.
December 15, 2016
It's a good book. Generally I liked it. It's very similar to its title. The book is about everything and nothing, motivational and not. It's smth in between everything I read. Non-fiction that kinda has no clear idea, just a lot of different things put together.
May 19, 2017
Very interesting ideas and concept, even though sometimes he contradicts himself. His writing skills are not amazing but he delivers his points. Nice read
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