Jellyfishgeorge

Who I am, what I do and why.

I never liked school, but I didn’t know what else to do. After 14 years in the German school system and three years at university I made the best decision of my life. I had just turned 25, earned a degree in molecular biology and decide to take all my savings (7 thousand euros at the time) and spent it on traveling. I needed to say NO to the life I was living and YES to something different. Never before had I put such a strong YES on something I really wanted to do. It just felt right. For the next four and a half months I travelled through Indonesia, Australia and Thailand. I ate delicious and strange food, started surfing, slept on beautiful beaches and made a million friends from all around the world. One night, when I rolled out my sleeping back onto the white Australian sand, I stared into the sky and gave myself a promise. I decided, after going back to Germany I will pack the few things I owned and leave for good. That was all I knew and all I wanted. About 6 months after my return, it happened. I took a one-way flight to Thailand and was gone. On Facebook I saw a friend of mine had become a scuba dive instructor. Traveling the world, living by the ocean on paradise islands, watching fish all day with happy people on their holidays. Are you kidding me? So, that’s what I did for the next eight years. I was having the most amazing time. Then, something happened…

Over time, the job become less interesting to me. I still loved the people and the environment I was living in. After all, I had met my most gorgeous friend Flow. The cutest dog in Indonesia. My life was still great, but somehow, I felt stuck again. I didn’t see a way to expand in my diving career. There was no other job in this industry I wanted and I also didn’t want to teach diving anymore. I needed something limitless. I wanted to grow. I wanted a challenge. I wanted fulfillment. I realized I needed to say YES to myself once again. What did my intuition say this time?

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I decided, I want to get up in the morning and get paid for whatever I do. And what I wanted to do the most is making music. I’ve been making music from a young age and wanted to become a professional musician since I was 14. However, until now, I had never made a committed move. Back when I was a teenager I let other people talk me out of making music professionally. Everybody said, it was just luck if you 'made it'. And you know what? I believed them. But at the age of 34 I was gonna proof everybody wrong. First, I started playing gigs in bars and wrote new songs. It was going great to a point where I made enough money to support my living. Then, Covid - no more concerts. So, I started Instagram and a YouTube channel. I learnt how to record, mix and master music. I directed, shot, starred in and edited my own music videos. I decided to become known by the name Jellyfishgeorge, created my brand Jellyfish© and made my own events and concerts. I leant how to rap and beatbox, hosted other people’s events, got involved in my friend’s seaweed farming business and created Seaweed Santa. A Seaweed farmer who is a rapper, beatboxer and conscious businessman. I really felt successful through my art and how people resonated. I absolutely loved it. Then, something happened, again...

My wife and I divorced and I fell into an emotional hole. How could this be? All I focused on for the last two years was to love and support her the best I could while doing the best I could on my personal journey. She wasn’t happy where she was in life and couldn’t see a better life with me around. I remember the moment she said we should go different ways very clearly, because it triggered something I can best describe as 'outer body experience'. It was like my consciousness was leaning out of my own body looking back at me before getting sucked back a few seconds later.

It was 1st January 2023. The last time her and I played music together. I’ve changed so much since then.

For the next few months I turned inwards and went through an existential transformation. I didn’t play any gigs, literally made no money and also had no money. I couldn’t have cared less. The most important question in my life became – Who am I and what life do I really want to live? It was basically the question that made me leave Germany in the first place, but this time I questioned life itself. I can’t say that I was ever suicidal, but daily I contemplated on what death meant to me. My whole focus turned to living an emotionally sustainable life and taking it moment by moment. But how? What was the key to all of this? Music has always been there for me. A place where I expressed my love, fear and sadness. An emotional outlet. Like a friend who a is a good listener. Even though I wasn’t playing any gigs, I was still writing music, but it didn't trigger the change I wanted. I needed to dig deeper. I needed to challenge life. If I was meant to be in this world for a reason, I wanted the universe to tell me what it was.

After a little while inside my energetic shell, I notice, even though I didn’t have any money, I always had a nice place to stay. Also, I always ate and never went to bed hungry. I still had many friends and made more. These things seemed to just come to me. Sometimes it was as profound as me thinking of wanting to have a meal and a minute later, a friend messaging me to come over for dinner that night. Events like that occurred on a daily basis and I was slowly building more and more trust into the supportiveness of life.

Because every day I was going through emotional storms my entire focus turned to one thing and one thing only. My physical, emotional and mental health.

This was most important to me, because I knew I couldn’t function the way I wanted to, if I don’t feel healthy. Health is everything. We can plan our whole lives and set a thousand goals, but if we’re not healthy we can’t even get out of bed.

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I noticed, the more conscious I became about making authentic decisions, the more it felt like my environment was supporting me with what I really wanted. My trust in life kept growing.

We suffer when we try to control things, we cannot control. To know, everything in this universe is connected and we are essentially all one, is an enormous realization and liberation. It doesn’t take away the suffering though. The suffering only disappears, when we realize life is happening for you. Life is happening for you, through you. I love the word pronoia. It’s the opposite of paranoia. Pronoia is the belief the universe is unfolding in your favor. Isn’t this the most beautiful way of looking at the world?! Once I adopted this belief I felt like reborn. All I had to do was focus on myself and the person I wanted to be. Complete authenticity. How did I not figure this out earlier? My purpose is to find out what I love doing and then simply do it while staying healthy. Houses, cars, jobs, people, thoughts, doubts, fears, happiness…everything will come and go, but the realization it’s all happening for your entertainment, will give you peace through every change.

Today, I am and I feel liberated and independent. I love myself, others and life like never before. I feel deeply connected to every person I meet and my relationships with friends and family as well as my romantic partners are deeper and better than ever. I gave myself permission to receive love again. I set myself lots of big goals and I’m excited about the journey I’m on which I want to share, share, share. For the first time I've built a website. I’ve launched 1 Band 2 Stages, a new live music concept for musicians who want to reach their next level in a challenging concert environment while creating an entire new listening experience for the crowd. We are scaling up in 2024 with more concerts in Bali, Nusa Lembongan and are also moving to other countries. I launched the No Expectations Podcast were inspiring people from all corners of the world share their experience of how they perceive life and their most valuable lessons. I’m in the middle of writing my first book which will be published before the end of the year. My friends and I are building an education center called Kedungu Kolektif in east Bali. A place for anybody to express themselves artistically. Music performances, recordings, art gallery, studio, permaculture, coffee, classes, workshops, co-working, accommodation and we have the toilet with the world’s best view. I’m recording and releasing another album this year and I am traveling a lot. For the first time in five years, I went home to see friends and family in Germany.

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Now, the reason why I’m able to do all of these things is, that I learnt to work harder on myself than on anything else. A strong mindset, emotional intelligence, goal setting, decision making, inspired action, the desire to create and showing gratitude, gratitude and much more gratitude are, without a doubt, the core of real success and fulfillment. That’s why I’m so excited about Medicine Music Journeys (MMJ). I would have never been able to become the person I am today without going through that emotional tornado after my divorce. I’m so grateful this happened for me. With Medicine Music Journeys I created a way of helping others who are struggling. MMJs are mentorships, courses and workshops designed to help you to discover and build the most authentic and successful version of yourself. The solution to all of your struggling and suffering lies within yourself and can only be unlocked by your desire and action to change. Having somebody support you and guide you into your authentic self and new life is an enormous blessing.

I’m forever grateful for the courage to face myself and transform into the person I am today. But I didn’t do it without getting inspired by many amazing mentors, teachers, friends and family. Most of the time they had no idea how much they did for me. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. You inspired me to create MMJs and share my experience and wisdom to inspire other people who want to empower themselves to live a free and authentic life full of, peace, purpose and success.

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Let me finish by sharing the most valuable realization I ever had. Authenticity is the foundation of everything. Being authentic creates an energy that attracts people and circumstances into your life which are in alignment with who you really are and what you stand for. At the same time, it will shed off everything and everyone that is not meant to be in you life. Have the courage to be you. It’s truly magical.

Thank you, for visiting my website and social media. I wish you find it inspiring and authentic. 

Bless you, big love.

Jelly