Nick, I'm so jealous! How do you afford to travel the world!?
Ha ha! It's a trick! You envy what you THINK my life is like. I make things look fun in the videos, but it hasn't been the around-the-world poi vacation you might imagine. You don't know about the years of debt, the homelessness, the 60-hour work weeks, the failed self-employment attempts, the knee and back and shoulder problems, the troubles with family, the huge jumping poisonous spiders (ok, I made that one up) etc.
But I don't regret any of the difficult stuff. Hardship and failure can build inner strength better than success. If your self-confidence comes from success it's shallow, because that confidence can be toppled any moment by failure. Confidence is much deeper hwen it comes from hardship and learning to keep your heart open through difficult times.
I keep abundance flowing the following ways:
- Performing
- Teaching workshops
- Producing and selling poi DVDs
- Producing the Playpoi pendants, hipsacks, and t-shirts.
- Working with shops to design and promote poi-related products
- Promoting the toys I like (and earning money from the referral programs)
- Spending huge amounts of time working on the website and content for the website
- Credit cards!
Note the last one! I've gone through periods of deep, frightening debt whilst engaging in poi-related projects (peaking at a full $25,000 in debt which is a lot when you don't have a job). Currently I've paid it all back, which is a big relief! Deep down I know that I'm following my heart and there is a profound satisfaction in that. It's worth it to follow your dreams! The best thing about my life is that I have great friends, which is way more important than other people thinking I'm good at poi!
