I find it so humbling to walk through a city where you do not speak the local language. It’s an adventure finding a random spot in a market that you happened upon to eat a huge plate of beef and noodles for the equivalent of 3 euros. Then to walk through the street market below and haggle for a new microfibre bath towel because you left the last one behind 3 countries ago. And just then it starts to rain but, it doesn’t matter because you don’t need to look good for anyone and this rain is cooling you off after walking in the sticky humid heat all day. To then find the local bus to take you home because the heavy stuff just started coming down. All this whilst listening to your old Spotify playlist with songs representing moods and periods of your life spanning across high school, college, and the post-college years.

This world is so much bigger than me. There is so much to appreciate and learn from that I should never be bored or lack creativity. This is what I have realized in the past and have quickly forgotten. I thought if I wrote it down here it will act as a reminder every time I am procrastinating or stuck on something. I will start that business plan, pick up the blog posts and fiction writing, and use all the tools around me in the process.