2024W20 - ⏯️ leaving an alternate dimension

View from Prague’s version of Kalamaja

The End of This Brothering

Goodbyes are always difficult, but I didn’t see this one coming.

Last week has been intense.

So intense, that I feel surprisingly functional given only 3 hours of sleep before writing this piece here.

What made saying goodbye so difficult this time was the closeness of the bonds established - a core group developed, eating, working out, and socializing together for days in a row.

Sunday night ended with everyone speaking from the heart about what they appreciate about the other person, which was deeply moving for everyone involved.

The level of authenticity and open communication is pretty high at these events.

Pause and Play

More than one person highlighted the same thing: the Polyglot events are like a separate dimension and it seems as if no time has passed between them.

Or to put it another way: at the end of the last event half a year ago, we collectively pressed the “pause” button on our relationships, and a week ago, we hit “play”.

The extent of this effect is not only limited to time but it is also reflected in space:

Essentially I spent the whole week in this triangle.

Why?

Because it contained everything I needed, and then some.

✅ two parks for working out
✅ friends and soon-to-be-friends
✅ a hipster café for hanging out and doing focus work

Where next

The next event, the Polyglot Conference, will be held in Malta early in November.

Tickets are limited to 300, but sale hasn’t started yet 🥲

Being constantly surrounded by entrepreneurs in the language teaching space made the next steps for me this year unmistakably clear.