I honestly think this is part of why the Covid years were so hard on us—there was so little novelty, with everything closed and us sticking close to home. Dopamine was in short supply for a lot of us, there.
I love all of this. I moved from the sleep suburbs to NYC a year ago, and this is all true. It’s the realization of a longtime dream for me, so I’d rehearsed many aspects of daily life here in my mind and during my visits leading up to my move. But the slight discomfort has made me better at life and stronger.
Best wishes on your Helsinki move! That’s a dramatic one.
I’ve been working from home for 6 years and I feel this on a deep level. Got a second job in retail just to get a change of environment and meet new people!
One of my friends once said that the change of surroundings and destruction of previously established ways occurred when she had kids. "With every new kid," she said (she has three), "a new challenge came, which brought a new energy flow."
I've noticed it too when I had a baby. It was as if pillars of thinking, perspectives, priorities and time physically shifted.
Wishing you a great time in Helsinki! (So on my bucket list to visit one day :)
That's brave! Hoping your best self yet at Helsinki. I agree with the idea, I'll definitely consider this once my willpower to change myself is gone. Thank you for this. Cheers!
Are you going to learn the language? Happy travels! I became a nomad for a few years to research a book I just published and accomplish a few bucket list dreams of mine…one was to live in Paris for a month 💫 Excited to read more about your reset! I love the idea about changing the environment vs. changing ourselves. Have fun!
I can definitely relate: all I gotta do is get out of the house to a coffee place and all the stuff around the house that needs doing - and the COMFORT ZONE of being home drops away. At the coffee place, I am surrounded by the seething, commercial world and the old "Stay Hungry" is much easier to connect with.
Changing environments taught me the value of curiosity. When you stay open to trying new things, you often learn more about yourself than you set out to.
I resonate with the power of environment to interrupt old scripts. I’ve also noticed that for some of us, changing place reveals what we were using place to manage. The reset is real—but so is what rises in the quiet once the novelty fades.
Wish I had the opportunity to move and hope for an identity reset. Great article. Just subscribed to you. Please check out my posts and if they resonate, please subscribe.
At 78 years of age, I am…OLD. Old age means that, though I can’t do what I used to do, I must strive to do more than I want to do. Otherwise, I may end up emotionally dead in a reclining-chair coffin.
Wishing you a great half-year in Helsinki.
I did something similar a while back, moved to Texas for six months, and it turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life.
The environment shift alone changes how you think, work, and show up.
This article captures that mechanism really well.
Curious to see what this reset unlocks for you.
Good luck!
Thanks a lot, Erich! :)
Happy to hear that you had a great time there.
Thank you!
Good content!
A great read Tobias and one that resonated with me when I was travelling abroad in Morocco, thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Abdul!
I honestly think this is part of why the Covid years were so hard on us—there was so little novelty, with everything closed and us sticking close to home. Dopamine was in short supply for a lot of us, there.
I love all of this. I moved from the sleep suburbs to NYC a year ago, and this is all true. It’s the realization of a longtime dream for me, so I’d rehearsed many aspects of daily life here in my mind and during my visits leading up to my move. But the slight discomfort has made me better at life and stronger.
Best wishes on your Helsinki move! That’s a dramatic one.
I‘m so glad to hear that!
Thanks, Brande :)
I’ve been working from home for 6 years and I feel this on a deep level. Got a second job in retail just to get a change of environment and meet new people!
One of my friends once said that the change of surroundings and destruction of previously established ways occurred when she had kids. "With every new kid," she said (she has three), "a new challenge came, which brought a new energy flow."
I've noticed it too when I had a baby. It was as if pillars of thinking, perspectives, priorities and time physically shifted.
Wishing you a great time in Helsinki! (So on my bucket list to visit one day :)
Thanks, Maria! :)
That's brave! Hoping your best self yet at Helsinki. I agree with the idea, I'll definitely consider this once my willpower to change myself is gone. Thank you for this. Cheers!
Thanks, Leandro! I appreciate your comment.
Thanks for your encouragement to continue breaking out of my box!
Thanks for your comment, David!
Are you going to learn the language? Happy travels! I became a nomad for a few years to research a book I just published and accomplish a few bucket list dreams of mine…one was to live in Paris for a month 💫 Excited to read more about your reset! I love the idea about changing the environment vs. changing ourselves. Have fun!
Thanks a lot, Laura!
So happy to hear that, sounds like you had an amazing time.
I can definitely relate: all I gotta do is get out of the house to a coffee place and all the stuff around the house that needs doing - and the COMFORT ZONE of being home drops away. At the coffee place, I am surrounded by the seething, commercial world and the old "Stay Hungry" is much easier to connect with.
Have a great time!
Changing environments taught me the value of curiosity. When you stay open to trying new things, you often learn more about yourself than you set out to.
Thank you, Luke!
My best wishes in your new journey.
It will bring you a lot of personal enrichment for sure.
Thank you!
I resonate with the power of environment to interrupt old scripts. I’ve also noticed that for some of us, changing place reveals what we were using place to manage. The reset is real—but so is what rises in the quiet once the novelty fades.
Wish I had the opportunity to move and hope for an identity reset. Great article. Just subscribed to you. Please check out my posts and if they resonate, please subscribe.
At 78 years of age, I am…OLD. Old age means that, though I can’t do what I used to do, I must strive to do more than I want to do. Otherwise, I may end up emotionally dead in a reclining-chair coffin.