Exploring on 06/01/24

Seeing new places, experiencing different things, exploring! It keeps me going. And when someone asks what I'm passionate about or am motivated by, this is the only consistent thing I can come up with. Is that sad? I don't know. I was always jealous of those people who were super driven or passionate about one thing. I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer, or a Nobel Prize scientist, or any other one of those unachievable, singularly passionate people. But solo travel is a unique time for me to follow my love of exploring.

A poem I wrote while sailing across the Atlantic in May 2023, which is one of the few times you can truly switch off and let your mind wander.

Never stop exploring

For a life without is not worth living

But

How does this square with the amazement with the sun rising during watch, or the stars coming out one by one on a night shift

They happen every day

Each one the same

Each as special as the last

And not I single one I would have missed

Maybe

Every day is simply different

No one alike

And every day filled with amazement

Amazement found in the new, and also in the everyday

Every day can be an exploration

Keep really seeing and really exploring every single day

Otherwise surely life is filled with dismay

Selfies are a big part of solo travel xoxo