One year Gap?

1st August 2022

It's one full year of me not having my own bed, bathroom nor TV today. A year ago, I took my tiny car and some boxes and way too many clothes round to my sister's house and waited for KZN to calm down. I got my car serviced, hair coloured (oh how I need Melissa now) and played hours with the dog.

This was my first taste of nomadic lifestyle.  Little did I know that I would win my car, road trip, train trip and golf walk in my first year of my mid-life gap year. The places I have seen and the people that I shared a moment or two with, has been life altering.

I haven't missed my routine,  familiar nor stability.  I have missed the people though. But there's been so many benefits to living my current life,  which is a dream life, I must admit. My best gift of living this lifestyle is truly getting into the 'now'. As a result a lot of non-planning has taken place. I have moments of 'should' but then I remember that timing takes care of the future.

My loose plan is perhaps just a map of desires. I think you might be familiar with my love for buildings by now as well as stories.  I was going to record a podcast and start doing a bit of a story telling in voice mode. I'd been asked why I haven't started it yet and apart from being in people's homes and getting quiet spaces   I don't really have an excuse.

I think there's still a lot of bewilderment in my psyche, that my life choices are showing up like this. That this life of travel, explore and adventure is my way of life right now is still a tiny bit unbelievable.  If I can do this,  anyone who wants to can.

Emphasis on the 'want'. It's not for everyone but right now, it's still a life for me!