With the devastation brought on by the novel Coronavirus, this thought and desire of feeling the need to create something of value or solve a pressing problem to positively impact humanity in some way has loomed in my mind everyday.
This thought has been brought on by this question:
when will my time come? When will it be my time to go?
I mean the uncertainty to my life or any human life for that matter is now more unpredictable than ever before in our history.
For these past 10 months, we have all been living in fear.
Fear of the unknown.
Fear of our lives and the lives of our loved ones.
The devastation we’ve faced as a race has been some of the most horrific we’ve experienced during any pandemic.
Our lives have been turned upside down and has affected us in so many ways.
What started off as a local virus in a city called Wuhan in China, has forced the world to a standstill and pushed us into a global recession. It’s been quite unsettling and unbelievably challenging.
Fortunately, we are still here and fighting together as a collective race. And as I say in one of my first blog posts, which you can read titled, The Coronavirus (COVID-19), recounting 2020 and our challenging ordeal, ‘this too shall pass’. We will overcome this pandemic as we have done with many other pandemics in the past.
Yet, the fragility of life and the smell of death is ever more familiar. We see it all around us. On the news, on the internet and from mass media at large.
And that is why before I feel so strongly to help humanity in some way. Not for my ego but simply to know that my life meant something and that I used my God given abilities, talents and brilliance in some positive way for the benefit of others.
At 31, I feel like I’ve done a good amount for myself and helped some people, but my wish and dream of helping humanity on a global scale, since I was a kid, has not been realized. And that deeply saddens me.
Sharing ideas, lessons learned and experiences with humanity
So to begin this journey of helping and giving to humanity, this blog has served as a way for me to share my thoughts to help others through their most challenging experiences that I have faced before and were able to overcome.
My other creative outlet that has been on my mind to work on for the last 7 years has been my Youtube channel. I have put that off for so long out of fear of what others might think, out of imposter syndrome, not being enough, not having enough experiences, etc.
But I told myself fuck that!
Enough with the fucking excuses and reasons.
People need help more than ever. Whether that be mentally, emotionally, physically, financially, etc. Anxiety, mental issues, depression, suicides, unemployment rates have been rising.
In fact, a family friend just attempted to commit suicide due to his depression, but fortunately was caught in the act and rushed to the hospital just in time.
In my native country, Nepal, due to covid there has been a shortage of food and resources all over the country and people are committing suicide by the droves as they feel there is no hope.
So you see I must share my experiences now more than ever and offer to help in some way.
And I also need to empty my cup and share all that I have learned and been through to finally start giving back to a world that has given me so much.
What if one simple idea I share helps them pursue a lifelong passion, take up a forgotten buried hoppy, rekindled a relationship with that special someone or to do something meaningful, anything.
This little idea could have helped them changed their life in some small way which then trickles down into other areas of their life.
This one small simple habit can very well be the catalyst for everything that follows in that person’s life.
In Charles Duhigg’s book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business, he talks about this as a keystone habit. According to Duhigg,
Some habits, matter more than others in re-making businesses and lives. These are “keystone habits” and can influence how people work, eat, play, live, spend and communicate. Keystone habits start a process that, over time, transforms everything. Keystone habits say that success doesn’t depend on getting every single thing right, but instead relies on identifying a few key priorities and fashioning them into powerful levers.
Invention to cure life threatening diseases and illnesses
Several years ago, my focus was just on Basketball and making enough money to live my dreams but now as a Husband and Father it has taken a different turn as I’m responsible for two other human beings as well.
Also, one of my business mentors, Elon Musk, has inspired me as he continues to preach:
In the United States especially, there’s an over allocation of talent in finance and law. Basically too many smart people go into finance and law. So this is both a compliment and a criticism. We should have fewer people doing law and fewer people doing finance and more people making stuff.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/07/elon-musk-too-many-smart-people-go-into-finance-and-law.html
What this article fails to mention is that Elon also feels that too many smart people build internet businesses as well.
While I agree with Elon about the need for less smart people going to finance and law, I don’t agree less smart people should create internet companies as he himself built and sold his first company, which happened to be an internet company, called Paypal. It has proven to be valuable as I and millions of others use it even today.
I understand he sold Paypal and poured his millions into more ambitious endeavors such as SpaceX, Tesla, the Boring Company and SolarCity.
Perhaps founders of said internet businesses may be trying to build up capital to one day exit so they too can invest their resources into more ambitious world saving and advancing companies like Elon has done and is doing in present day.
But I do agree we should have more smart people making things as our inventions have slowed drastically compared to inventions in the past like the light bulb, automobile, airplane, etc.
The fact of the matter is that inventions are what prove to be most useful in every day life as well as what would advance humanity into the future.
And for us to combat several of the most threatening issues to our race such as AI, climate change, pollution, sustainable energy ,etc. we will need to come up with unique ways to overcome these grave threats or build enough rockets to transport us to other planets like Mars. We need to make more of that.
Passion for Health + Fitness + Tech = Solving World Issue
Self awareness is a virtue and strength of mine. I am aware that I am a health nut, I love working out to stay in shape for health reasons, longevity and to look good and I love to learn about the latest advancements in technology as well as use said technology in my daily life.
So after asking myself, how can I solve one or more major world issues we face today with the passions that I have?
My mind went straight to health, fitness and technology.
The interesting thing is it doesn’t necessarily need to be the three combined in order for this to work. It can simply be health and tech, health and fitness, fitness Tech, or all three combined.
Whatever combination works to formulate an invention for the greater good of humanity. That is what I’ll go with.
And I know at the core of who I am, I am a creator, an artist. If I don’t create something, anything, one day, I feel uneasy, anxious and frustrated.
So I tell myself the following:
You will help your fellow humans now, push humanity forward, and be happy you helped in some way.
As a side effect or sort of icing on the cake you and whoever involved will surely be rewarded in a huge way since you’ve solved a fundamental human problem that will affect Billions on Earth. But that is not the goal here.
Yes, more capital and resources will simply mean more people I can help but the goals has been and will always be to help push humanity forward.
Do not spend your days merely for personal gain. Of course to provide for your family and to provide for their and your basic human needs you will need to make “enough” money.
But above and beyond that, you don’t need much more to live a happy, comfortable life.
Therefore, you should spend the majority of your days creating something that will solve a big problem to help generations to come.
That would be a meaningful life and give you something to look forward to when you wake up every morning.
I encourage you all to find your meaningful life and help push humanity forward.
Best,
Sonam
