To be honest, one of the most important things while travelling for me, was not having a routine. Going with the flow, going wherever the wind takes me, waking up with the sun is the kind of thing I did. A very special person taught me an immensely important thing: follow your highest excitement. The expression is just perfect. It is exactly what I did while travelling. I did whatever I wanted to and went wherever the day took me. Most important was nothing more or less than nourishing my happiness. Amy McDonalds song “this is the life” guided me. I woke up in the morning without having the tiniest idea what I would do, where I would sleep but knowing that it would be f*ing amazing because I’d make it unforgettable.

This kind of spontaneity led me into situations like in the picture above. Pictures I cannot believe I lived and witnessed. I am so incredibly thankful for the memories I made and the stories my mind is filled with. Almost every day I saw something new and made the day worth reliving. That was my most important mantra and still is: make the day worth reliving. When thinking back on it in a few years, I want to feel thankful.

The only routine I kept 100% strictly was brushing my teeth and washing my face. No matter if that took place in the jungle of Guatemala, on a beach in Costa Rica or in a hostel in Panama. Other than that I had zero obligations and was as free as an eagle to do whatever I felt like doing every single day.

Now comes the challenge. Transferring this feeling into my daily life @home. It was one of the hardest lessons to accept that obvvviously I need to make my days just as worth reliving at home. Just as important is the fact that no day here is less worth than 6 months ago in Central America. Whether I am lying on a beach, surfing, visiting World Wonders, swinging on Tarzan swings or lying in bed here reading a good book, going for a bike ride, catching up with friends: life is just as good. I am still working on that and in the past months I have definitely struggled to find my place here again because the transition was a hard one. But no day will ever come back. Never ever. Remembering that has helped me a lot. Pushing me farther every single day and winning back my pure happiness is what I am actively working on, by writing this post for example. 🙂

Thank you for listening to this evening thought. ❤