A new adventure

So today marks the first day of the rest of my life. A new start. A new adventure. My wanderlust has bitten and I’m going to be traveling again although I’m not sure yet where and when. 

The last couple of months have been busy what with sorting things out and finishing work and packing up my belongings and turning my life upside down but now I have some time to breathe and figure out what I’m going to do with the next year of my life. But I might leave the big thinking till after Christmas.

The hard part is knowing that I’m not going see my friends as much as I would like (although I will have the time to see more of other people who live in different places). I’m so lucky to have such a supportive group of friends and to know they’ll always be happy when I turn up on their doorstep even if we are going to miss each other. And they did throw me an epic “not farewell“ party. So much cake! And cookies!

But the freedom is intoxicating. Knowing that, for a while at least, I can do whatever I want. I have a few firm commitments that I need to work around but a break from the Monday to Friday 9 to 5 gives me the time and the flexibility to really explore and live my life the way I want to. 

My first stop will be Hawaii because every journey has to start somewhere and tropical paradise sounds good to me. My intention is to blog about my travels more regularly again so stay tuned for updates.