Welcome to the journey

Hey stranger from across the screen!

Welcome to the official IRL Experience newsletter. As I mentioned on Instagram, I wanted this newsletter to be a combination of IRL and all the amazing stuff taking place in the community as well as a bit of a glimpse into my personal life and journey.

However, this one, in particular, is going to be a more personal newsletter that’s completely raw, unfiltered, and as authentic as possible. As I’m writing this newsletter, I’m basically treating it as a journal to myself. To both my current self and my old self. The kid that wanted wealth, success, and abundance but had zero clue where to start. Lastly, I also wanted to mention that this one will also be a lot longer than future newsletters. However, I want to make it clear that I will be keeping a conscious effort for future newsletters to be as brief and concise as possible. Because let’s be honest, nobody likes getting to their inbox and seeing a newsletter that looks like a whole-ass 5 paragraph essay.

This newsletter is right off the dome. Didn’t even brainstorm ideas to talk about or what I should or should not mention. But here goes nothing ..

I can’t even put into words my journey with self-development. I honestly hate using the term “self-development” because it’s just wayyy too broad. Everyone throws it around these days and it’s kind of lost its true essence and meaning. Instead, let’s go with my journey toward personal fulfillment, success, and abundance. Yeah. That’s better.

So for those of you who may not be familiar with my journey, I dropped out of University near the beginning of this year. I won’t get into too much detail about how life was back then but let’s just say that EVERYTHING has changed. Forget about money, business, and technology. I’m referring to my mindset which as you know is everything. My whole perception of how I see the world is through a whole new lens. From how I look at people to my eating habits to how I see the world as a whole. It’s been one hell of a transformation in such a small period of time which I’m sure a lot of you can relate.

I always knew I was destined to do more but didn’t have a single clue where to start. I had nobody to guide me. Nobody was on the same level as me or even a few steps ahead. I couldn’t think of a bigger struggle that I faced than having like-minded people by my side. People who resonated with me and who were on a similar wavelength. That’s why I joined tons of Discord servers to find MY people. And I found them, it was amazing. I used to just go on walks outside to talk to guys in the Dscord that were like-minded to talk about goals, hold each other accountable, etc. All of it was fantastic as I just said. But it felt like it wasn’t good enough. Something was missing. I couldn’t quite pinpoint it. Everyone in these Discord servers, including myself loved the sense of community and belonging. But there was one thing missing in every single one of them. It wasn’t the “high-value people” or lack of engagement (which was a problem too).

It was the lack of REAL connections. Meaningful ones. You know, the ones where you actually talk to people face-to-face. None of that existed. Now I get it, everyone is spread out across the world in their own hometown and it just wasn’t feasible for 18-year-old guys to fly out and meet up with likeminded guys. I still just couldn’t accept this feeling inside me. I kept telling myself “There has to be more out there”. I knew that in order for me to pursue my dreams and actually go after something, I not only had to have a concrete vision and idea. But most importantly, I needed to be surrounded by the right people.

And then I had my epiphany moment. Not to sound dramatic and all but it all clicked one day. It was a few months after doing my IKIGAI which is a famous Japanese concept that gives you more clarity on what to pursue in life. From that moment on, I went from walking aimlessly through life to having all the directions. The IRL Experience was born. And I haven’t looked back since.

You can only imagine all the ups and downs I’ve had to encounter to even get to where I am today. Some wild shit had to happen to be here. In this position. Between all the backlash and resistance from family, peers, and environment to drop out of college. It’s thankfully all in the past, continuing to put one step in front of another.

Dropping out of University was by far the biggest decision/event that has happened in my life. As I reflect on that decision, it was no doubt the best move I could make. Why? Because I could not only pursue my dreams but I could jump into the unknown and take that leap of faith. And ever since I took that leap of faith, the growth and success I’ve been experiencing has been astronomical.

I’m happy to say that the time has come to take another leap of faith. To jump head-first into the unknown. Tomorrow is the day I’ve been waiting for, for quite some time now. Unless you’re not keeping up with IRL, I’m heading to Miami with 9 other guys I connected with online through the movement I’ve started. It truly feels surreal. My brain hasn’t even processed it.

If my old self knew where I was today, I also don’t think he would be able to process it. This is it. This is THE IRL EXPERIENCE. Something I’ve been dreaming about ever since I had my epiphany moment. One week of magical experiences with MY people. The first of many to come.

As I have been mentioning for quite some time now, the online platform is still being put together. Still, some work has to be done as I want to ensure it can bring as much value as possible. More details on that between the launch date, details and other info coming up in the next newsletter.

Gonna end it here now. You’ll hear from me from the beaches down south in Miami a week today as I wrap up the trip.

If you made it this far, I sincerely thank you for providing your most valuable asset, time, to read my personal journey of life and IRL.

This is the start of something special and I can’t wait to experience it all with you guys.

Wishing you guys all an absolutely killer week ahead.

Cheers,

Jared