"It's been 6 whole months since that I have left your home..." - 'Welcome to Paradise', Green Day

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Kia Ora!

Well, today is the exact 6 month mark of landing in Aotearoa and what a ride it's been, but now it appears to be winding down.

I distinctly remember at Christmas my rather drunken friend Andrew going on some big ramble about life, the universe and everything, but there was one bit that stuck out and moved me. For all his Yankee idiocy he managed to rather profoundly state that "we are all here searching for something....none of us know what it is, but when we find it we'll know."

That's been at the back of my mind for a little over 4 months now and you know what? I think I've found my something.

To put it simply it's the realisation that I can do whatever I want.

Before I'd often think of doing something, but would then decide I couldn't do it - maybe it was too much of a risk or I didn't feel I was good enough - and I was feeling so lost and confused for so long because I didn't know what I was doing with my life and now I still don't know what I'm doing with my life and I'm still confused, but the difference is I know exactly where I am and the only reason for the rest is because I've got so much damn choice....


I'll see you all really soon, just as soon as I've ticked off the rest of this post it note I've been carrying around for so long and in the meantime here are some photos of a train journey I took from the east to the west coast through some mountains...

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Comments

[Larf]

Deep
Very deep thoughts buddy enjoy