My Story My Life!

I am a content creator known on social media as "Stajyer Seyyah". I was born in 2004-2005 in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey, in the city of Niğde. As a result of our culture, everyone knows me as Çağatay and calls me that, but my real name is Seyfi Can. Because in our family culture, the father's name is given to some of the male children. And I am that lucky last child. :)

I completed my education life by finishing high school. I used to think that being born in a small city sometimes showed me nothing in life. In life, I have always believed that whatever a person sees, their experiences and background will be shaped accordingly. Frankly, my childhood did not pass normally like everyone else's; I was quite a mischievous person, and I must have done quite different things in my childhood. I don't know if it's from the positive energy coming from my family, but I realized that I loved getting to know people and helping them. When I observed my family, I saw that this trait was at a very different level in them compared to other people.

Before setting out on this journey, while in my fourth year of high school, I had started an internship in electricity due to my education. While going on the shuttle, while walking, I was constantly thinking about what I would do after my high school life ended. "What will I do, what should I do, what is right for my life?" blah blah... Classic 20s thinking. But this had a bit more impact on me because after the 2nd year of high school, as a son of Central Anatolia, I had chosen a lonely life living in a lonely house. I had to think three times more about the decisions I would make than everyone else, because I knew I was a young person who held on to life tightly and did the things he wanted.

While completing my internship life, like everyone else, I was constantly spending time on social media, but I was trying to spend it more productively. And I saw people traveling the world with just a backpack; young people, low means... Frankly, I was quite surprised. My surprise was very different from the surprise of someone living in a big city. If you ask "Why?", a shopping mall was only built in the city I lived in in 2026. :) That's why when people said holiday, traveling, etc., huge suitcases and money always came to mind. But I had seen things very different from these in the people I observed and watched; what they were doing had nothing to do with a holiday. And I wanted to experience this too.

While completing my internship period, I made my first journey with my high school friend to Boğsak Bay in Mersin. This journey, which involved staying in a tent, also has a very interesting story. I understood from what happened to me on this very first attempt that a great adventure was waiting for me. After hitchhiking with my friend for a few days and returning to our hometown, the time was 4 AM. :) I told you the journey had an interesting story, the reason we returned at 4 AM is hidden in that story too. When we arrived in our hometown, I looked and my friend was kissing the pavement saying, "Oh my dear hometown, its stone, its soil...". It had been such a difficult and different journey for both of us. But I had taken the first step, now I could say "This is it". In life, for many things, that first step is actually the most important one, and I had taken it.

I had observed that I could travel by gaining experience this way without paying for transportation and accommodation via hitchhiking. However, I understood that this job needed an income, even a small one. I believed that I could solve this by learning how people make money on social media, that I could try my luck there, and that I would succeed by working with determination. Because, as I said, I always have an ambition inside me. But this ambition is such a thing that even while writing these lines right now, my eyes are tearing up; it's such a different feeling, I don't know how to describe it.

Due to the effect of growing up in a small city, I used to get very angry at everything and everyone in the past. But I don't want this to be misunderstood. The reason for my anger was very simple: Sometimes when I went somewhere, I hadn't even seen something that was very normal for a person living in a big city until that age. And when I was surprised, I would get very angry when people displayed a condescending attitude when the occasion arose. As a result of this anger, my ambition towards life always increased even more. I had understood how strong an emotion this ambition inside me was at a younger age.

When most people go traveling, they always go to tourist places, right? :) Yes, I mentioned to you that I lived my childhood in a very different way, now let me explain what kind of childhood I lived by giving some examples from the geographies I went to. Today, Afghanistan is dangerous for you, isn't it? Or hitchhiking in various regions of Iran and Pakistan at the age of 19-20 is dangerous for you, isn't it? Well, let's say hitchhiking is dangerous; imagine also sleeping in a tent in an unknown place at night when you hitchhike.

If you ask, "What does my childhood have to do with these geographies?" let me tell you now: I have always done different things since I was a child. Things that were "dangerous" to others didn't hold that same meaning for me, thanks to the experiences I’ve gained up to this age. I knew the influence of geography on a person, but I also knew that "being angry at the place where you were born or lived had absolutely no benefit for the life ahead of you." Therefore, just saying that didn't lead anywhere. It was time for me to reveal what I had experienced in my life before my actual journey. Yes, today I might not know something very simple that you know, or you might not know something that someone else knows. The important thing is to learn and to make an effort for it. It might be surprising, but in my personal opinion, life consists entirely of experiences. And I always had an idea of what to do when I encountered a bad situation. I hope this clarifies things.

To be honest, I don't really like writing much; I'm always more on the speaking side, and I love listening during a conversation. Whether they are older or younger than me, it doesn't matter who they are; I always listen, thinking, "There is surely something I can learn from them." If we happen to meet one day after you read this, be sure to tell me your thoughts about this text at the end of our talk.

Well, that's it. Should I say something about my name? :) Yes, I thought about the name "Stajyer" (Intern) for a very long time. When you do certain things in life, it is very important to attach a meaning or a name to them. In my opinion, names like Ahmet or Mehmet don't carry much weight. If you ask why, it's because we don't get to voice our own opinions when those names are given; our parents just say, "Let’s name him Ahmet." :) But today, the name given to a journey is important. Ultimately, influenced by being born and raised in such a geography, I kept thinking about starting this journey while completing my internship during my education. I found my name after about two months. :) I’m doing an internship, I know I’m an intern every day, but do you know how different life is? Sometimes the thing you're looking for is right in front of your eyes, but you just can't see it.

If you have read this far, I think you value me or my journey. Therefore, I want to tell you this: A beautiful life and the things you want in life will never be served to you on a silver platter. You cannot achieve a beautiful life without suffering. Therefore, you must work hard; maybe today you must work crying, maybe suffering... But you should not expect what you want to be served to you on a silver platter. I say this because I think it will be more effective for you to hear it from a young person. This is how life is.

I think I can end my "Who am I?" text with the following quote:

The world is a school, and I am the eager student of a never-ending internship.