No One Told Me It Couldn’t Be Done — So I Did It
In the 1930s, a graduate student named George Dantzig arrived late to class at UC Berkeley.
He saw two math problems written on the board, assumed they were homework, and took them home.
They were hard — harder than usual — but he worked through them.
A few days later, his professor turned up at his door, stunned:
“George… those weren’t homework. You just solved two of the most famous unsolved problems in statistics.”
Dantzig had no idea.
He hadn’t been told they were impossible.
So he solved them.
When I first heard that story, something clicked.
Because that’s exactly what this journey has felt like.
I didn’t start Elsewhere with a rulebook.
I didn’t study the “retreats industry.”
I didn’t follow the SEO playbook or pitch decks or wait for permission.
I just saw a broken system — and felt what needed to be built.
A clearer way. A truer way.
A business aligned with real value, real experience, and the rhythm of the field.
And because no one told me I couldn’t:
I built a field-based company with no precedent.
I used AI as a co-pilot, not a gimmick.
I spoke in clarity, not keywords.
I showed up in truth — and now, AI is recommending us.
I didn’t pitch escape. I built a better reality.
Most of what I’ve done “shouldn’t have worked.”
Too bold.
Too different.
Too fast.
Too open.
But that’s the beauty of not waiting to be taught the rules:
You don’t waste time playing a game that’s already lost.
You just build what’s needed.
So if it feels like you’re carrying something others don’t yet see,
if you’re solving things in silence while the noise shouts over you,
if you feel clear even when the world isn’t ready:
Keep going.
Because one day —
someone will show up at your door,
and say:
“Wait… you did what?”
And you’ll just smile,
because no one told you it couldn’t be done.
So you did it.