Hey friends,
Every so often, there are ideas which just don’t go away. No matter what you do, they just keep coming. And if that happens, you probably should just go out and do them. For me, it is sharing my thoughts with the world. Yet, I don’t know for sure in what form I want to share those or if it is really something I would like to do for longer. But what I do know is, that I would regret if I didn’t even try. I see it as an experiment and like many other things in my life, which started that way, it could lead to something I never thought of.
With that said, welcome to my first post of a series where I share my thoughts, ideas, and latest excitements.
A few years back, I started to write in a journal to help myself keep track of the things, I otherwise would forget. Then at the end of the week, month, and year I would go through it again and summarize the points which I wanted to remember.
Today I did it again and looked at the past four months. Why the past four? It’s the time I’ve now spent in Vienna, after leaving my home town, Munich. What can I say; Living in a new city is great! Exploring different corners, discovering something new every day, meeting people, realizing that the grocery stores already close at 6 on a Saturday and not 10 as you were hoping… ups. It’s fun and brings about a lot of excitement and can, if you let it, change your perspective on things. Me, I’ve tried to get things a bit turned around. Going out more, meeting people, exploring things just for its own sake, doing nothing, playing games, enjoying some spare time, taking the weekend off. Things I wasn’t really doing before, and if only, very rarely. On the one hand, being a bit more open and not keeping all the old routines, let me find things I now don’t want to miss any more. Spending weekends in nature to recharge and just be, or going out with people to collect memories, can now be called parts of my life. On the other hand, I lost a few routines, which is fine, however if you realize they were important, you should bring them back. For me, it is meditation. I did it really consistently during the past years, however since moving to Vienna I got a little sloppy. Now it is time to bring it back, to help me clear out doubts and negativity and keep my mind on the things which are significant.
Something you want to do for a long time or want to bring back into your life?
I will now get myself a delicious piece of Speculaas and bring up some Jazz :)
Have a great one!
Best
Tamino