Open Letter to Notch a Creator of Minecraft

August 29, 2015

After reading some of Notch’s recent tweets about feeling lonely and isolated I decided to pen an open letter to him about how I felt after losing one of my businesses and how I was able to deal with the change.

Dear Noch,

You have fallen into a very common trap. You have lost sense of purpose and drive. You have lost what you truly love in exchange for money and freedom from pressure. OFC you’re unhappy. What you need to do is find purpose in life again not just living on a whim. You need to find what you are about because it seems like you have lost all caring. You fill your life with empty things and you will find yourself an empty man. Do not find things you want or enjoy find things that make you struggle, makes you think, makes you value yourself. Go back to school (you can at any age), give lectures, inspire people, do something other then throw a party something that gives you meaning and makes you thrive as a human being again. USE YOUR MIND not your money. Start a fund for other indie games that could help them succeed and tutor them. Who knows what will make you feel useful and valuable again but you need to find it before you lose yourself completely. Minecraft

For those that don’t know him, “Notch” real name is Markus Persson, and he is one of the founding creators of the widely successful video game Minecraft. In 2014 he sold the company that owns the game to Microsoft for a package that is worth upwards of $2.5 Billion.

Now that he isn’t working anymore he is finding it hard to function in life even though his wildest dreams came true and is richer than most of the people on this planet.