Komby in 14 Steps: Step 6: London Lights, the beginning of success

London shines. Millions of windows, neon, taxis, shopfronts. And you, in the middle of it, someone finally starting to celebrate.

London Lights is the beginning of success. The celebration of a life choice. The end of my old fears. The building of a new life between London, France and Asia. I travel for business from London's air hub. The world is vast. And I am lucky enough to live the life I had dreamed of for a long time.

The trial: daring to celebrate

After the fears, after leaving, there comes a moment when you stop asking whether you got it wrong. You look at the city. You look at your diary. London, Montreal. London, Hong Kong. London, Bangkok. You build.

The trial is internal. Daring to say it is working. Daring to celebrate without guilt. Daring to believe the old fears (losing clients, picking the wrong territory, no longer being "in your place") no longer hold the wheel.

I told the story of the move in Quitter la France pour Londres. Credit score, Brexit, rebuilding, French Digital CHR clients kept. London Lights is the light after: London as a base.

London: hub

London, for me, is an air hub. A departure point for business. A place from which you reach France by train or flight, Asia overnight, Canada the next morning. London to Montreal. London to Hong Kong. London to Bangkok. The map opens. So does life.

Between London, France and Asia, I built a new life. Work, flights, calls, clients, code, music. A life full, sometimes intense, always alive. A life I had dreamed of for a long time, and that I finally dared choose.

The Oxford Street lights now say: you are on your way.

Why this title

London Lights was born on a Christmas evening, on Oxford Street.

The famous decorations. Thousands of stars hanging over the street, a sky of white lights walking with you when you look up. The crowd, the bags, Selfridges and John Lewis windows shining like stages. Cold air. Coat. And that strange December magic in London: you are alone in the middle of everyone, and the whole street tells you something is possible.

I walked under those stars. The melody came with them. Oxford Street, Christmas, the lights. And recognition: I chose this life. I am building it. I am celebrating it.

Composing marked the end of a chapter of fears and the opening of another. Sharing was extending that celebration to those who still doubt that leaving can become success.

Letting it land

The Komby album documents my trials. London Lights documents this one: the beginning of success. The celebration of a life choice. The end of old fears. The new life between London, France and Asia, from a hub that opens the world.

A trajectory. The world is vast. And I am lucky enough to live what I had dreamed of for a long time.

London Lights. Sixth battle mark. The light, this time, to move forward.

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Alexandre Auger, CEO of Komby

*Step 6/14. Previous: Journey (05). Next: Underdog Man (07)*