The Space Between What Is and What Could Be
Sharing in public, dreaming big, walking slow.
The Why Behind The Why.
Since the end of the 2024 is looming on the horizon, I thought I don’t really want to push anything to the finish line, I don’t really feel like shipping anything.
Instead, I’m in the mood to trying, poking around, experimenting a little. There’s just enough time to try a little experiment, or as I like to call it: An Adventure.
Adventures are different and friendlier than projects on many levels: there’s not much of a plan behind, so there’s really little chance of failing.
They are not always SMART, like the goals we like to set.
I call this adventure Project Whole Humans.
What’s it about?
This is about navigating meaningful life transitions in an age of uncertainty - not just theoretically, but practically. It's for people who are seeking more alignment and purpose, who might know what they want but struggle with the "how" of creating it. The focus is on both the inner journey of transformation and the outer journey of actually building something new, acknowledging that this path is messy, non-linear, and often lonely.
It's about creating a space where we can:
Explore possibilities beyond the status quo
Learn to navigate uncertainty with more skill and less fear
Get practical about making changes while managing real-world constraints
Find companionship in the messy middle between where they are and where they want to be
Follow along, and let’s see what happens before the clock strikes midnight and we end up on 2025!
I've been observing a pattern lately, both in my own life and in conversations with others. There's this growing sense of misalignment, a quiet dissatisfaction that's hard to pin down because, on paper, everything looks fine. We're doing okay. We have jobs, maybe families, stability. And yet...
“You weren't born to just pay bills and die.”
There's this nagging feeling that there could be more.
Not necessarily more stuff or achievements, but more meaning, more alignment, more aliveness. It's not about being ungrateful for what we have – you can be deeply thankful for your life and still feel called to explore what else might be possible.
I believe we're collectively living in a time of great interim. Some call it the meaning-crisis.
The Meaning Crisis is at the root of the modern crises of mental health, the response to environmental collapse, and the political system. We are drowning in bullshit – literally “meaninglessness”. We feel disconnected from ourselves, each other, the world, and a viable future….
Dr. John Vervaeke
The old ways of doing things, the traditional blueprints for life and work, they're not quite working anymore. The promises of "just do your thing, make money, buy a better life" feel increasingly hollow - or for many of us seem no longer possible.
We're questioning the status quo, but often feeling stuck within it.
What I'm seeing is a particular kind of struggle. It's not about finding your purpose or your 'why' – many of us actually have clarity about what we want. The real challenge is in the doing. How do we navigate from here to there? How do we build something new while managing our existing commitments? How do we handle the messy, non-linear nature of transformation?
This journey is fundamentally a hero's journey.
Like a caterpillar entering its chrysalis, there's a period of dissolution before reformation. It's not pretty. It's not linear. And it's definitely not as simple as following someone's 10-step blueprint to success.
What makes it especially challenging is how lonely it can be. While success is meant to be shared, the struggle often isn't. We're expected to present ourselves as having it all figured out - and, apart from the glimpses, we rarely do.
This is what I'm building for. A space that acknowledges both the big picture – how we might reimagine life and work in this rapidly changing world – and the daily reality of navigating that change. A place where we can explore possibilities while also figuring out the practical "how" of making shifts in our lives.
Because here's what I've learned: Creating a life of meaning and alignment is wonderful and magical, but it's also pretty ruthless. It requires us to grow in ways we didn't expect, to face fears we didn't know we had, to build capabilities we never thought we'd need. And while we each need to walk our own path, we don't have to do it alone.
I believe we need more spaces where we can:
Question and explore without rushing to answers
Share our struggles without shame
Experiment and prototype new possibilities
Learn from others who are on similar journeys
Navigate the messy middle between where we are and where we want to be
I believe these conversations need to happen in the open. We need to normalize the messiness of change, the courage it takes to question the status quo, and the reality that transformation is rarely as clean or quick as the social media highlight reels would have us believe.
If any of this resonates with you, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
What's your experience of navigating change? What do you find most challenging about bridging the gap between knowing what you want and creating it in reality?