How the Love of Sunbathing Can Change One's Life...

I always loved being under the sun ☀️

But working a 9-5, in a cloudy place wouldn't give me much chance to bask in the sunshine. It just wasn't enough, so decided to engineer my life so I could have plenty of it 😎

My story

I did my uni studies in Denmark. Not famous for its good weather 😅

So right after I finished, I looked around Europe and moved to Spain (for being the sunniest country on the continent).

Best decision of my life 🤩

But I still worked from an office, so there was more engineering to be done.

Eventually, I found jobs that allowed me to work during the evenings, so I could spend my daytime as I wanted. Avoiding the rush hours, and living life at my own pace.

And again, years passed and now I manage to travel to the Northern Hemisphere for 1-2 months every winter, to get even more of what I like

Chasing the sun - quite literally.

Life Engineering

Knowing what you want in life sounds so obvious.

Yet, I find many people never think it through.

Identifying the things that make you happy and fulfilled should be your priority. Then you can start making adjustments in any area of your life until you get to the desired point.

It's a long process. It took me years, maybe a decade to get to where I am now. And it's a never-ending one, as there are always new things to add.

Easy? Most definitely not.

The things you truly desire in life might require big sacrifices: changing countries, the people around you, even a complete career shift.

But it's totally worth it.

But Johnny, I Can't Do It

Are we talking about excuses?

Of course, there are life situations that might make it more difficult. Seemingly impossible. But that's exactly what I'm talking about: it's not a short process with a magical outcome. It's a process of decades. You can get there at your own pace.

No matter your current life situation, you should be striving to improve it day by day. And that, everyone can do.

So How To Get Started?

Find what are the most important things to you, that bring true joy.

Start thinking: what could you do, how could you engineer your life so you can achieve them?

If you run into "but it's not possible": find out why, and how could you get over it. When you think about long-term goals, everything is possible.

It's a very long process, but rewarding.

And one day, you'll wake up in your perfectly engineered life, doing the exact things you love doing.

At that moment, all the work and sacrifices will be worth it.

(Photo by Patrick Robert Doyle)