The moment I realized the system is not working for us

It did not happen all at once. There was no big scandal. It was a slow realization. And it started with school.

At some point I understood that school today is less about learning and more about keeping children busy so parents can work for the system. Children learn almost the same things as 100 years ago. The system does not really change. There is very little about real life. Hardly anything about money, technology, or independent thinking. Everything is fixed. One plan for all children.

It became very personal when my child was diagnosed with ADHD. Instead of asking how my child learns best, the focus was on adjustment. Sitting still. Concentrating. Functioning. Medication instead of movement. But the truth was clear: when learning was connected with movement and real interest, everything worked much better. Still, there was no room for that in the system.

The hardest part was watching the joy disappear. My child was not encouraged in the things she was good at. She was reduced to her weaknesses. The system did not see her strengths. It only saw problems.

When we later connected with other parents through an online school, everything became clear. Different children, same story. ADHD. Autism. “Not fitting in.” Always the same solution: adapt the child, not the system. All children must learn the same things, in the same way. Do not question. Just believe.

That is when I saw the bigger picture. School trains children from a very young age to adapt. To follow rules. To prepare for a life in a job, in routines, in systems that should not be questioned.

In 2021 we started to look more deeply at money. We fell into the Bitcoin rabbit hole and never came out again. Not because of fast profits, but because of the idea behind it.

For me, Bitcoin is ideal money. Limited. Censorship-resistant. I can carry it anywhere, only with my keys.

Bitcoin did not solve all our problems. But it showed me that systems can be questioned. And that alternatives exist.