I find it very attractive that I never know where I will be in a day, a month, or a year. Today, for example, I woke up in Australia. It is January first, 2023, a date that represents the end of one cycle and the beginning of another.
A year ago, I was in London, a grey, cold and unwelcoming city. Today, a year later, I am in Australia, on a new continent, with blue skies and the sun high in the sky, fulfilling a dream I had been enclosing in my drawer for so long.
This constant and total uncertainty about my path fascinates me, fills me with enthusiasm for life and curiosity. I feel free to choose my path as I please. It is adrenaline constantly flowing through me. The desire to know, to meet new people, and to visit faraway places unknown to my imagination.
I am not afraid of the unknown, with time, I am beginning to appreciate it more, we are almost becoming friends.
Instead, I am afraid of the everyday, of getting used to it, of no longer being surprised by the beauty the world has to offer. Traveling allows me to live a different life every day, to meet mysterious and incredible characters, to constantly marvel at smiles, greetings, extraordinary skies and the infinite gifts of nature.
All this, however, comes at a cost. For while from one perspective such a lifestyle may seem almost idyllic, especially in the days of the Internet. It requires so many sacrifices, first among them, people.
This is a burden I still have not been able to get rid of. Whenever you leave a place, I always leave a part of me. I say goodbye, perhaps forever, to all those I have known, with whom I have had a good time, who have changed and formed me, but, above all, who have made me feel good. Whether they are friends, family or loves, you owe it to them to be the person you are, and you will always be grateful.
You will miss them, but those who truly love you, will be there for you, no matter where in the world and when in your life. They may not totally understand your choices, but they accept them, precisely because they know they make you happy. It is because of their encouragement and warmth that I have chosen not to abandon my plans or departures.
Coming back to the present, right now my only certainty is that I will stay in Brisbane for a few months. After such an intense year, it is difficult for me to plan for the long term.
But the road is still long and my story has yet to be written, and, as never before, I am free to be the author of it. There is so much to see, explore and discover. I can’t stop dreaming about my future, planning trips to Australia, Asia or even my return to Africa. Therefore, where will I be in a year's time?
Today, for me, does not change just a simple number on the calendar. Today begins a new year, a new period of my life, in a new country, without knowing where it will all lead me. With today comes a new chapter in a story called life.
Beautifully written and display emotions that are real when one leaves their homeland and not know what the future holds and so much to explore in new surrounds.
Bravo