For years, writing a piece of text was easier for me than turning on a camera and talking for a few minutes. With text, I can reread, edit and rewrite. On video, I hear my voice immediately, notice every pause, forget words and start wondering how I look from the outside. I kept waiting for it to feel easier first. It did not. At some point, I simply started recording.
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I write about FitLine, health and energy, working online and building a partner business with PM-International. I share my own experience in network marketing: how I started, what a partner actually does and what the work looks like in practice. I also write about family, personal decisions, growth and life in Norway.
At school, university or simply growing up around the same people, communication rarely had to be planned. You kept seeing the same faces, and a casual acquaintance could gradually turn into friendship. Adult life works differently. Old friends live in different cities and countries, new people do not appear automatically, and messages on a phone can easily create the feeling that we are still connected even when we hardly ever have a real conversation.
As I have got older, I have become much more careful about first impressions. People can learn to speak well, carry themselves confidently and make a strong impression. Trust comes later for me, when I see how someone treats others, keeps agreements and talks about people who are not in the room.
Forty hours a week sounds like a normal work schedule. But when you multiply those hours by years, the number starts to look very different. I am not against work, and I am not looking for a way to do nothing. I simply think more often now about another question: how much of my life am I ready to exchange for income, and do I want to be living in the same rhythm ten years from now?