you want to get paid by the internet folk?
but fear going north of the corporate wall...
What’s up creative rebel,
No small talk today.
And a bit of a detour from our email thread.
Straight to the point we go.
I wrote this piece the other day…
…after chatting with a friend over Zoom.
(cause my friends mostly oversees, see)
A freshly minted, brand-new solopreneur.
AKA: He GOT fired.
(and happy about it he was…)
So, my friend.
Curious.
Excited.
Slightly panicked.
He wanted the deets, man’s gotta eat you know
The salaried life is one hell of a golden cage, innit!
Nothing quite like it…
…that uncertain feeling…
…when magic numbers in my Apple Pay?
Ok Aleks, but how do I break this addiction to numbers?
Bout time you asked!
This may come as a shock.
(pay attention pretty please)
This is a metaphor despite feeling literal at times, LOL:
Be a good girl/boy (choose 1) and obey:
(Get employed by the Night Watch, or a corporation to your taste)Do as you’re told, wildlings are not friends:
(Go beyond the wall on expeditions, but remember you’re NOT safe)Unleash ambition, but not too much:
(Guard the realm, but not at the expense of corporate guidelines, and don’t overdo it, you’re making everyone else look bad, stay in your lane fool)Don’t question the way we do things around here:
(We fought wildlings for 1000s of years, who the hell do you think you are?!)Get stabbed in the heart:
(Stick around, we’ll suck the bone marrow out of you in due time)Die, not literally, just this old identity, lol:
(Collect your stories and beliefs, light that sh*t on fire, burn baby burn)Get reborn:
(at the end of that pain and suffering, is a lighter, more badass version of you)
I know what you’re thinking.
Why 7, what’s up with that?
7 deadly sins
7 liberal arts
7 th heaven
7 dwarves
7 am club
7 virtues
7/11 …
Number magic, am I rite :)
Next time you look at your bank account.
Ask yourself:
Is this real?
Are the 7 dwarves real?
Well, of course…
Are you gonna tell the 7 dwarves they’re not real?…
What makes you an authority on the imaginal?
Here’s the trick.
This is very real.
Just as your ability to buy a burrito.
Try not using magic numbers.
Let me know how that turns out…
(unless you forget to pay for the internet… however will you reach me?)
This is what most “spiritual folk” bypass…
(because they transcended the material, lol)
Get stuck in the imaginal/etheric realm…
…lose your footing in the material.
BAAM!
(Not OHM)
Now you know (unlike Jon Snow)
In case my point had drowned…
… in this meandering storyline.
Here’s a more grounded TLDR;
(grounded like that big as* dragon)
The skills getting you that monthly supply of numbers…
These are the same skills…
…that get you the other kind…
…magick internet money. (in limited-ish supply)
BEWARE, however:
Beyond the wall…
…the ice will keep you on your toes.
…the cold will keep you honest, alert, and on point.
That’s what Nassim meant by “salary is worse than heroin or sugar”
The most addictive substance keeps you WALLED off.
From your warm-blooded-human-instincts.
That’s what keeps you in touch with “REALITY”.Surviving, thriving.
Keep that fire burning bright my friend!
I think I need to hear this today, what you got for me next?
No rushing this thing called life.
One email at a time.
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—Aleksander Brankov, Chief Creativity Curator
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