Day -2
Time stretching and decisions
It’s been a couple of days I’ve been saying goodbye and it feels a bit strange. I’ll be away for 193 days, quite far away and I don’t know where I’ll be exactly or what I’ll be doing. Excited on one hand yet a bit uncertain about it on the other. The grand total gives you that weird feeling.
These six months could count as a few days if you are stuck in a routine and many of the people, I say goodbye to, at the end of the year, will have a few days to remember. But I’m going to visit more than ten countries, experience different kind of situations and count an enormous amount of kilometres. Travelling through space and stretching (these exact six months of) time into countless memories and ultimately into years. Relativity… In my case, these 6 months will be a long time and I can’t imagine the impact of this journey in my life. People keep telling me I’ll be back as a different man. What does this mean? How will I change? I like my as I am. I’m ok.
I was with a friend the other day and we end up talking about decisions. This trip is the first decision I take. I’m currently studying architecture and it’s true that I had to give some exams to enter but I can’t really say I made any decisions. Entering a university is regarded as the natural continuation of school in Greece. I just realised, back then, that architecture is closer to my interests, tried a bit and entered. That was all. Back to the topic, it’s not easy to make decisions and the bigger they are the more courage it takes. But it certainly worth it. It’s freedom. Walking out of the path. Surpassing your limits to surprise yourself. Till now the most I’ve been abroad was 15 days in a way more organised style. That was the old limit. From 15 days to 193. Sometimes I see myself in the mirror and just laugh. Where am I going? How can I get ready for this? I guess you just go for it.
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