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@ MrJakeWoodhouse
2024-01-18 19:22:16“Jake, you’re like a bull in a china shop!”
Is something I remember my mother telling me.
Young boys…
Fast.
Stronger than they realise.
Clumsy.
A memory that sticks with me to this day.
But one’s temperament shines through even from a young age, grow’s up with you, and even now I confess a tendency to just “push on” or “bulldoze” my way through things.
Frankly I would like to be even more perceptive of my behaviour sometimes.
Which is why I am telling this story today…
I was meditating, and the latest rental application process I’ve been going through popped up on the carousel of thoughts, that I slowly digest over 20 minutes.
We’ve been hunting for a 12 month lease in Melbourne.
In fact, we’d found a place that was 90% of the way there to being exactly what we wanted, and I’d spent hours pulling together all the relevant information, chatting to the agent, and pushing to get the deal.
“Fuck it, I should just ignore Loz, take control, and throw everything at it. Stick to offering 6 months rent up front.”
Yes, the market is so tight, we’re offering rent up front, whilst my lack of a fiat employment contract scares people off in terms of ability to pay.
Indeed, I’d gone balls to the wall, first in best dressed, and already offered 6 months.
My wife wasn’t happy.
The last place we did something similar, we got caught short, and had lots of issues with the rental property that were exacerbated having already paid for the lease.
As a result, I’d reduced our up-front payment offer, on hearing the move-in date was actually 3 weeks later than advertised.
Then something cool happened.
One’s mind was chattering away.
Busy.
Busy.
Busy.
Rehashing all the stuff I’d been doing in relation to the house hunt.
And boom.
A moment of clarity within the noise.
Meditation at its best.
“You should not bulldoze your way through this like normal. Slow down. Make an extra effort to support Loz and her gut feel about this.”
Clear as day.
That morning I told her: “However this plays out, I support you, and any problems that occur due to me offering rent up front, or your gut feel, I take responsibility”
“Thank you”… She said.
A change of dynamic on my behalf.
What an interesting experience.
“Bull in a china shop” no more!
As the week progressed, I was relieved to get the news our application was approved, as to say the least the last few months of looking for a place have been full of ups and downs.
The next step is to sign and send some money.
I feel comfortable with it myself.
Especially as we also had our friend, an energy healer with a superb track record of helping us, do a brief scan of the property, finding nothing of concern.
But all afternoon, I can see it stewing in her, my wife pipes up…
“Something in my gut says this isn’t the right house”
Hmmmmmm
Shit…
In particular we’ve felt from a distance that the owner has been super stressed, managing a move overseas, and therefore has been erratic to deal with.
Even via an agent…
She claims to be heading overseas for a number of years. Will she?
She’s been funny about furniture remaining. Why bother?
She’s flip-flopped around with the move in date. How come?
Feel.
Stop.
Think.
Ok. Let’s pause this process and sleep on it.
I really want to honour my committeemen to her.
To support her.
To listen to her.
Then, and I don’t know why, Loz sends me this beautiful property on a hill above Byron Bay.
Wow.
Imagine living there!
My heart swelled.
I felt this smirk on my lips.
That would be fun…
We could easily put everything that's in storage on a truck, we have 2 cars, we could be up there in a week or so before this Airbnb finishes.
Indeed, Byron is an area we’ve been closely watching for a while.
Better weather.
Home-schooling.
Huge beach walks.
Lots to like!
Big change from inner-city Melbourne.
But maybe, just maybe, between Loz’s gut feel and my sense of adventure, we’ve just stumbled upon something we actually really want to do.
Energy.
Why on earth, after all this effort to find a place here, am I looking at beautiful properties in a totally different part of Australia.
Why have our minds taken us here?
Who is pulling these life-decision strings?
How can we use instinct to better navigate life?
To summarise, I am working hard on new operating system, one which is built upon meditation, intuition, and feeling one’s body.
My meditation teacher describes it as "tuning into to one's highest form of intelligence".
This resonates a lot.
As this upgrade is in progress, certain signals can be hard to decipher, as with any evolution.
Byron. Or not to Byron?
That IS the question.
Best, Jake
Ps - for regular readers of these articles, you will know that we decided to sell our primary place of residence, in favour of accumulating more Bitcoin, and living in rental properties that were larger, nicer, and in area’s we preferred. Whilst the investment side of the strategy is kicking goals, the physical side of going between rental contracts has been much harder than expected, and is a huge learning curve for myself in particular. Even the best laid plans don’t always go as expected! “You can’t live in a Bitcoin…”