Things are changing again. This is a regular thing for me these days. Nothing I do is set in stone anymore. I feel more free, like I can do anything.
I've made the next vital leap in my travels. I just booked my tickets to a place in the middle of nowhere to begin my next journey in this country. Its going to be an experience I'm certain of that.
I'm a country girl born and bred really, it's just that that lifestyle was dying off a little by the time I was old enough to really understand it. Of course I remember running around the fields and woods with my cousins, them playing nasty tricks on me which, nine times out of ten would likely land me knee deep in Cow shit... However, I'm not really cut out for that kind of work anymore. I've never physically milked a cow, or shorn a sheep. I couldn't even collect eggs from the chicken coop when my Uncle asked me to. I had/have an irrational fear of birds (this probably stems from some result of my cousins aforementioned 'nasty tricks') I'm not sure how I will be faring by my return from the farm.
Knowing me even if I really can't handle it, I will put up with it for the sake of the gains that come with this part of my travels. Eighty-Eight days of chasing chickens and 'shaving' sheep. It sounds a lot of time. Time which will be so worth it for what I get in return. A whole extra three hundred and sixty five days in this beautiful country. Checking out all the bits I'll be missing this time around. Plus all the fun I'll be having when I'm not working. Like Wake-boarding across the lakes. Riding quad bikes. Taking long hikes..... Well no I can't see me doing that either, but if it's on paper maybe there's a slightly higher chance?
I'm also looking forward to being around some new people. Making more new connections. And sharing stories about where other travelers may have been over the years. I'll be drawing inspiration. I'll probably be getting jealous... I just can't shake the 'Travel Envy' these days. I'll be thinking of all the wonderful places that I'll be going to before I go home, and maybe even after I get home. I am looking forward to being back around like-minded people. I'm young and on the road and I need to be back around that culture to remember why I came out here. It wasn't solely to work or pick up a career. It was to see the place. I think I've become a little to settled in Albury, with my job and very easy living situation.
I need to wake up and remember the 'Work-life' Balance. It's time to bring some more play into life. Not get bogged down by the mundane day-to-day necessity that is work. I have a whole life ahead of me to find my path in my work life. Yes, of course I need to earn my keep, but right now it shouldn't be at the cost of not seeing the world while I have the chance to.
Lets not forget, I am a twenty three year old, with no partner, no house, no real solid career and no dogs.... I need to embrace this. Life is going in the direction it should be at present, no fusses, no real responsibilities, just life. Experiences and a reawakening of the mind.
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