Reflecting on 3 months of travelling
On 14th January 2017 by HelenI cannot believe I have been in Australia for 3 months already. Time is going so so quickly. I’ve changed so much in 3 months it’s crazy. I remember being in floods of tears at Heathrow waving my mum off at security and then nearly vomiting when I saw the plane. I remember being so anxious that pretty much for 21 hours I survived on water and 2 bread rolls (the plane food was also pretty bad though). I remember waking up in the middle of my first night and totally freaking out how far away I was from home and I remember getting to my first hostel room taking one look at the state of it dropping my bags and going to the city to try and escape.
Fast forward 3 months and I have tackled my fear of hostels, loving them so much that I am actually going to be moving back to one to work. I’ve made so many new friends that have all had the most positive influences on me. I’ve got a new job and I’ve overcome challenges with a huge reduction in pay. I’ve moved to the beach. I’ve learnt how to manage my coeliac condition in a new country. I have travelled up the east coast to Byron Bay and back again on overnight coaches. I have done so much that has challenged me and it’s been awesome.
I am proud of myself for having the courage to make such a big change in my life. To go and live my dream even though I was terrified by it. I’m already so much more relaxed over here. Life’s a lot slower which at times I find frustrating but there isn’t the constant urgency that we have in the UK which is allowing me to be completely selfish and focus on me.
I’m happy and for a long time I think I forgot what that was. That’s not me pulling the sob story but I was working extremely hard and really I was only working hard to look after other’s needs and not my own. I wasn’t going out, I wasn’t living life…I didn’t have a life which is such a sad realisation but it’s true!
Now I have the time to go out in the week if I want. Time to rest and relax. Time to explore new places. It’s so refreshing. I’m doing what I should be doing in my 20s. I don’t feel drained anymore.
I can’t wait for the rest of this trip to see what it brings. I know I haven’t been out and about that much the past 3-4 weeks but I am hoping that will change sooner rather than later. I have lots of things planned so I will have a lot more content in this blog soon.
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