“Every day is like a new beginning. And you determine if it has a happy ending.”
– Metropolitan Pocahontas
I wrote these lines on January 10th, 2020: The trip started exactly a month ago. Now it is time to go online with the blog before too much input prevents output.
I have a great desire to write, but my mind keeps blocking me. I let go of my perfectionism to want to do everything right. I’m just starting now. Word by word. It’s about sharing with you where the journey takes me. What was discovered. Which challenges have to be mastered. What it means to be traveling.
On December 7th, 2019 I book the flight ticket: Tunis (Tunisia). The journey should start in Latin America. Then I travel to the American continent after a small loop, I think. It all makes sense. In the midst of ups and downs and goodbye hugs, I still cannot understand what it really means to travel. Without a time limit. Without an obligation. Without permanent residence. I gave up this. And thus the majority of my belongings. It’s so good to get rid of everything. No wonder minimalism is such a trend as superfood, yoga or new clothing – it contributes to well-being.
So now I have a plane ticket to Tunisia. With just a few details about how things will continue in Tunisia and who and what awaits me there, I finally dare to start the journey. In three days. I had felt for a long time that I was ready for it. I had invited to a weekend without knowing when the trip would start. A weekend with loving people. A reunion before it takes longer or shorter to see each other again.
Now, with the ticket booked, I feel like I need a lot longer to go on such a big trip. But too late. The decision is made. It goes to Tunisia early Tuesday morning and from there by boat to Italy. But that’s in a few days. At the moment I am hugging a lot of lovely people again before I move out into the world.
It’s a weekend full of surprises. Joy and sadness go hand in hand and that’s a good thing. Both are part of a fulfilled life. So a weekend is over, grateful and tired, which takes away my last doubts and fears.
The journey can begin. To Tunis. On December 10th, 2019. A day like a second birthday. But that will only become clear to me later.
