The concept of multiple lives
Hi! My name is Antonina, and I have an enemy — one limited life.
I don’t want to live just one. Even if it is considered by most people to be a good one: a university degree, a stable career path in a specific field, one style for all life stages, same location, same people around you, same personality… Same mindset throughout life.
Is that why I was born? Is that me?
I don’t think so.
That’s why I’ve created the concept of multiple lives.
In my opinion, the best way to know yourself is to play this life for 100%, experimenting with different social roles. It’s impossible just to read a ton of books, listen to dozens of podcasts, visit some self-development events, or talk to “gurus” and then wake up and realize who you are.
I am talking about doing real psychological tourism and analyzing your life. I believe that there is just one way to find your core message in this world — and that’s through real experience: traveling from one social role to another while exploring new inner sides of your personality.
Speaking of myself, I’ve already had 8 absolutely different lives (to the moment of publishing this post) since I was 18. To be honest with you, I plan to live 17 “lives” at least. We’ll see.
Now, let me show you how different one life can be.
Read about the 8 lives of “this girl” — me.
In my opinion, the best way to know yourself is to play this life for 100%, experimenting with different social roles. It’s impossible just to read a ton of books, listen to dozens of podcasts, visit some self-development events, or talk to “gurus” and then wake up and realize who you are.
I am talking about doing real psychological tourism and analyzing your life. I believe that there is just one way to find your core message in this world — and that’s through real experience: traveling from one social role to another while exploring new inner sides of your personality.
Speaking of myself, I’ve already had 8 absolutely different lives (to the moment of publishing this post) since I was 18. To be honest with you, I plan to live 17 “lives” at least. We’ll see.
Now, let me show you how different one life can be.
Read about the 8 lives of “this girl” — me.
1) I am a science-obsessed student and a very kindhearted, book-addicted, adorable young girl. I truly believe that I am here to devote my life to macro–economics, new theories of economic cycles, and capitalism.
I am so nice to everybody. And I am very quiet, introverted, and have no friends to speak of — a person that sticks to herself. I don’t ever wear make-up, avoid parties and social activities. I only like traveling, walking, thinking hard, and global studies.
2) A rock–n–roll girl inside and a bank worker outside.
She wears only black clothes, works in the office from 9 to 6, and attends several rock concerts a week. She is completely addicted to music and spends her entire salary as a white-collar worker on live show tickets. Every weekend, she throws legendary home parties with rock musicians in her rather ordinary, small Moscow apartment. She sleeps less but stays extremely active: tours, parties, and lots of friends. This girl is disappointed in the economy and educational system. Instead, she now learns obscene poems by heart and hangs out with rebels.
3) That girl works like a dog with big stars in show business. She is a tour manager with glowing eyes. She has about 15 flights per month, organizes hundreds of shows in various cities, and works on three of Russia’s largest music festivals (over 200.000 visitors). She works with Madonna, Shakira, Sting, Amy Winehouse, Seal, Bonney M, Eros Ramazotti, et al. She doesn’t even remember what she looks like anymore, she is so busy. Always in a rush, always nervous. She is in love with the backstage atmosphere. This is a period of incredible extreme stories, nights at recording studios, and days on the phone and e-mail. Negotiations at gunpoint in Kazakhstan; truck-driver scandals in Siberia; and serving super-luxury parties to billionaires in Moscow included.
4) A glamorous bitch and event producer who catches fish for the industry’s big boys. She drives a red Jaguar, wears high-heeled shoes, and loves red lipstick. She already has a huge list of “worth-while contacts.” She likes retro style. This girl doesn’t trust anybody and believes only in herself. She has lots of rather cynical experiments with her life. She only attends shows as a VIP or if she organizes them. It’s a girl who has 10 dates per week just for sport. She is really interested in psychology, NLP, and coaching technologies. She even studies face reading (an FBI skill) just to prevent being fooled by other people.
5) A feminine “shanti” girl. She sleeps a lot and eats less. Now, there is no rush, no job, no worries. Spas, yoga, meditation, wellness activities, and probably too much spirituality. Theta healing, shaman ceremonies, nail standing, holotropic breathwork, taoist female practice, and many more. She loves everything and everybody. She believes in unconditional love and, to be honest, she is pretty naive. She dreams of creating an idea that will change the world, of finding the easiest way for people to find their destiny and their place in the world. She is not as interesting for men as she was once, but she is really interesting for women now, who try desperately to find out her secrets for weight loss and personal growth. But she doesn’t care.
6) Blond girl in “Cafe Society”. She is the owner of a boutique agency that provides high-end experiences. She grants VIP-guys’ wishes to try any profession for one day. She is surrounded by politicians, big businessmen, and fashionable girls. She eats only at the restaurants in Patriarch Ponds , a fancy area in Moscow. This girl spends lots of money and time in beauty salons. She visits fashion weeks, parties, art openings, movie premieres, and presentations of new brands. And, of course, she wears a glass of champagne and glamorous make-up every day. She believes this is what a successful life means.
7) It is now a clever, disappointed girl who enjoys experimenting. Organizing unique international events, strategic sessions for top-management of global IT-companies, and rooftop shows for 1,000 people are her challenges. She does even more crazy experiences for clients, like being an undertaker, a casting director for porn videos, a retro–airplane restorer in France, or a pimp in Latvia. It’s impossible to surprise or frighten her. She is used to living in stress-mode. “She can do everything,” they say about her. But this girl is bored. Everything is too understandable, rather tough but manageable. She’s just a pro in what she does, with a comfortable life and no emotions.
8) A California startup founder. A nomad, who changes locations every 1–3 days and wears sneakers and a backpack. She is always smiling. A lot of new people, a new environment, and a new tech industry. She is absolutely inexperienced; she asks for advice and learns a lot of new things all the time. All the time. This girl is surrounded by IT-guys, investors, and startup-founders. She is extremely optimistic in spite of everything. No money, no friends, no home. This girl is adventure–addicted. She likes giving compliments to people and sharing her knowledge and expertise. She is so open-minded and friendly. She loves her platform, Anybe, a marketplace of life-changing experiences. Sheloves her team and she loves California. She earns money in various incredibly creative ways. And she is smiling, no matter what.
Well, now you know something about my biography.
Now I’m living my 9th life. I can’t describe it right now because it’s in process, but believe me, it’s completely different and exciting. All these 8 “lives” are part of my personality today, and at any moment I can just take some personal skills from my “private collection” of experiences being someone else. It’s a personal simulation in our great “Matrix” that we live in that I’m going to play for 100%. I love all my social roles, all my images, all my experiments. That’s life. It will end anyway rather soon, that’s why it’s better to not worry and give yourself the freedom to be anyone you want.
And my mission here is to enrich your life with access to multiple lives.
You’re unlimited.
