Hi, I’m Matt. I’m an international airline pilot and a therapist in training. I’ve been flying planes since I was 15. I’ve been a lot of cool places, met a lot of cool people and experienced so much that the world has to offer. That, however, has not made me a whole person.
If I was going to write a blog, what would I write about? That’s what I wondered for a long time. Who would want to hear what I have to say and why would what I have to say stand out from what anyone else has to say? But it came it me. Write about what makes my life unique. Because my life, my experiences, my wants and desires, the lessons I have learnedand the reality of my life are unique to me.
I’ve been reading self-help books since I was 15 as well, but never really applying what I read but instead moving quickly onto the next book or distraction that I thought would make me feel better. But none of it did and it took a mental health crash, loss of a relationship and a complete emotional rock bottom for me to reassess what life is really about.
I was drawn in by a line in On Becoming a Person (Carl Rodgers) –“life, at its best, is a flowing, changing process in which nothing is fixed” – for me, fixed doesn’t mean solid or rigid, but instead that we will continue to discover new things about ourselves. Whilst we will always looking to be “better/well/okay”, one of the joys of life is that I will keep growing and changing. It will keep throwing up new challenges and offering us new insights. For me, there’s a joy and sense of calm that comes from knowing that.
This year, I have started to studying a Master of Counselling with the hope that I can help others discover themselves and how awesome the world around them is. I’m going to keep travelling, doing cool shit and learning.
This blog is my attempt at documenting the places I go and things I learn along the way.
I’ve emerged from my hole and finally started to understand who I am. I’m learning what I need to be healthy and developed a true sense of self-awareness. I’m far from fixed, solved or cured but every day I discover a little bit more. I’m surrounding by loving and supportive family and friends and am forever grateful for everyone that helped me get to this new place.
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