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\"Juan<\/p>\n

This is one of a series of stories we are sharing to show what\u2019s inside CubeSmart. You not only get a peek inside our customer\u2019s storage unit, but also a peek inside what is important to them. Thank you to\u00a0Juan, customer of our CubeSmart store in Long Island City, \u00a0for sharing his story with us.<\/em><\/p>\n

Juan Carlos Alzate uses his Long Island City storage space<\/a> to stow away the clothes, shoes, records and other goods he buys and sells around the New York area, visiting daily to pick up and drop off items as needed. But he wasn\u2019t always in the business of buying and selling. In fact, in his native Colombia, he envisioned a very different career path and trained in the field of parapsychology as an undergraduate.<\/p>\n

He had always been interested in ghosts, growing up in a country where there\u2019s a lot of \u201cenergy.\u201d \u201cIt all has to do with energy. I can tune into it. It\u2019s not a natural gift but I\u2019ve learned how to sense things. In Colombia, there are many conflicts, drug dealers, people getting killed so you encounter those energies all of the time,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

In school, he studied Gnosticism and paranormal topics. He learned more about reincarnation, karma and dharma and the nature of spiritual energy. He never finished his degree, but he continues to be interested in these subjects.<\/p>\n

He notices that Americans especially seem to be very skeptical when he talks about ghosts or other paranormal matters. He wishes there was more willingness to believe.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople tend to have their eyes closed to what\u2019s going on below the surface. They should be more open to these ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though he likes living in New York, he probably would have stayed in his native country, which he calls the \u201cbest place in the world\u201d if circumstances hadn\u2019t prompted him to move 19 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came to America because I was leaving my wife and there was more opportunity here,\u201d he says. He also has two adult daughters in Colombia who he tries to visit on an annual basis.<\/p>\n

In the U.S., he married a second time and divorced\u2014\u201cwe were not compatible\u201d\u2014and built his business.<\/p>\n

However, he definitely doesn\u2019t encounter much beyond the tangible world during his day-to-day life here in the United States.<\/p>\n

We’d love to hear how self storage has positively impacted your life. Share your #HumansofSelfStorage story in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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