It's all falling into Place

Thy said it would all come together.

And it has begun to. I have only six months left to travel this beautiful country. I've been panicking about how I'm going to do it all. However in the recent weeks plans have begun to form. From one plan another branches and so on. I already have two trips planned. One in the city being posh and the 'lady what do lunch' type scenario and the next one a road trip way up to the other end of the country, then back down again along the coast before once again hitting the city. And I'm going to be getting all that done in under a month. It's so exciting.

See, when you want to do something, you can. You just do it. During this trip I think one of the best things I can do is just say yes. If the opportunity sounds too good to miss, then why miss it? I've got nothing to lose here because it is all an adventure.

I've noticed that once you start to let go, to stop worrying so much everything is so much better. Since I stopped thinking about timelines and deadlines for seeing things and going to certain places I've found it's been so much easier to organize. Being a bit more carefree really helps when you're on the road. When you stop thinking about all the things you might not see, you start seeing things that you wouldn't have. The little things that make the experience even better.

In the past I would go on family holidays. My mum was never one to stick to guidebooks or tourist routes. We would forever be getting lost in little towns to stumble across the best attractions. Markets in the street, festivals, or some beautiful view in the middle of nowhere. And they were the best holidays I had. I think I'd be wise to do this while I'm off travelling on my own. Be a bit more curious to wander left instead of right. I've always believed that all roads lead to somewhere, and you can never get truly lost.

My travels should be fearless. After all, as I've said before, I'm writing my story here and I want it to be worth reading. An adventure book that is so thrilling that you don't want to put it down. You don't want it to end. I don't want to write a half-hearted chapter. That would just mean I hadn't put my all into that part. Like I couldn't be bothered. It would almost be like an anti-climax. One of those cop-out endings like '...they woke up and it was all a dream'. Sure I might not write in a style that is everybody's cup of tea, but you can't please everybody. Just like I probably won't go and visit places that you might. No matter what I do from here, when people ask me about what I did there is bound to be somebody that asks 'did you go to so and so' and I shall say 'No'. That to me just says that there is still room for another chapter to be written.