One day, this friend of mine sends a message to a Facebook group for expatriates in Buenos Aires. She's looking for a contact list, and I'm working on a tool that automates the creation of contacts on the Internet, so I send her a message.
Inevitably, she wonders what I was doing in the group. I'm surprised at the timing, because I've just finished the tool.
And we get back in touch, we talk, she tells me about her project. It's linked to everything I love. People with holistic practices, people interested in the subject, and talking to travelers.
I find her project too interesting, and she tells me she's looking for someone to help her who knows the computer world but is also practical or interested in personal development or spirituality.
I don't react at the time, and after 2 hours of conversation. I go back to doing my business.
That same night, I meditated and his project came to me. And the more I let myself be overwhelmed by the idea, the more obvious it became that this was the way forward. I end up developing the technical platform in my head, identifying the points I need to look out for in terms of feasibility, and so on.
I send him a message back the next day, and tell him about my meditation on the idea. And I tell him how much I like the project. That it shares my values, and that on top of that there's a part in Argentina.
From there, she does as I do, she sits on the idea and a few hours later. I feel that the obvious is shared. And that we're going to work together.
The original idea is to launch in France and Argentina.
We worked for two months, moving the project forward, seeing what we were missing and the various technical issues. We also realized just how big the job was. But we're making progress.
As we check up on each other's progress, she explains that she had a meeting with one of her friends, who is, like, THE business woman. And when she explained the project to her, she found everything cool except for one thing. She thinks we're crazy to want to launch in 2 different countries.
And that's when the revelation hit me. It's obvious, it's true that what we do is stupid. You either do it right or you don't. Moment of enlightenment.
I had a one-way ticket to the Canaries. I hadn't taken a return ticket, I didn't know why. And now everything has just been explained. I'll be flying directly from the Canaries to Argentina.
It's a Monday evening, and the moment of illumination has just arrived. I arrive in the kitchen, my parents, my aunt and a first cousin are present. I explain to them that on Wednesday, instead of just going to the Canaries, I'm going to Argentina to set up a business.
It had been 3 years since I'd returned to France, but deep down everyone knew I'd go back one day. They all knew it would happen like that, overnight.
I often wonder why I make such impulsive decisions. I have the impression that everything around me has been thought through 1,000 times. And I've really tried to do the same, to be the same. But it's always and irrevocably the same situation, and I end up listening to this feeling inside that tells me that the next direction is this way.
And in the same way that a groupie at a concert will manage to get in front of her favorite singer, through the crowd. She rushes past people who let her pass nicely, people who yell at her, or insult her, all to see her favorite singer up close.
This feeling inside me turns me into a groupie, and I move in the direction this feeling, this impulse, this intuition is taking me. It's as if I can't do anything about it, like a wave carrying me in one direction. I see my fears passing by, people letting me pass gently, people sharing their fears with me, some insulting me.
But the current's so strong, it's nice and warm. It's as if someone had peed in the water the whole way.
And every time I do, I think about this text I memorized as a teenager, which came out of a teenage movie, but which I love.
"Let's see, what is moral fiber really?
I used to think it was always about telling the truth, being generous. So basically being a fucking Boy Scout. But now I see things differently.
The most important moral thing is to find what is essential for you.
That passion that makes you look at the world in a different way.
And when you found it.
You can't let go!
You take all the risks.
For you, it comes before everything else,
your future,
your dreams,
your life
And even if you do some not-so-clean things to help him
It doesn't really matter
Because in your heart you know that the game is worth the candle.
That's what moral fiber means to me.
And today, I think I've found my next moral fiber! My next destination on a very long road
What about you? Where are you off to?
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