Wind of change

''Live a healthy life, cut out toxic people, minimize stress and anything else around you that causes anxiety''. Easily said, so much harder to be done.

People tend to say "New Year is a perfect time to look back and have a self-reflection", however personally, I strongly believe in the actions undertaken, the hard work that's being put in, and staying open-minded. Furthermore, it makes me chuckle when people say "never look back'', you should damn do so, otherwise, how would you learn from your mistakes and implement any improvements.

Today I quit my dead-end job. Working there lead me nowhere for the last couple of years and apart from working remotely (which is a big plus), it
heavily imprinted on my mental well-being. All this lead to enormous amounts of stress and anxiety, sleepless nights, and I don't think I can even express how relieved I feel now.

Long story short, I was living the "Corpo life", which made no sense and I "committed" 40-45 hours a week worth of my time for people who didn't even remember my name.

I used to say that we need to learn to embrace the change in our situation, no matter how comfortable we're in it. A situation, good or bad, is never permanent and we need to "like what we do until we find what we love" - I'm yet to still find it though, but I am hopeful about it as never before.

It's never too late to change things around, perhaps it might be the right time to discover a bitcoin life or finally, work in the travel industry - something I always dreamed of. I haven't figured it out yet, but honestly, I am motivated more than ever and I wish that everyone could just quit the job they hate, as life is too short for that !!!

To top it all off, I lost my friend from high school last week, she was only 33. We haven't spoken for a while, and her body was found in the river far away from where her car was located. The police keeps investigating further, but it looks like it was a suicide. It got me thinking, we spent our entire life doing things we are forced to, trying to be perfect, make enough money, and make others happy but in the end, we all die, we just disappear or in the worst scenario, we decide to die as we live unhappily.

I hope, that I didn't make this post sound too sad or pessimistic, but this is life, It's not full of perfect Instagram stories, it's full of pain, disappointments, regrets and hard decisions to be made, and although nowadays mental health awareness is being much more appreciated, there is still a huge gap in the society, where people they are forced to believe they can and will cope, when in reality, they burn out on the daily.

I am attaching some pictures from my travels this year, as apart from everything I had to face and deal with, I am still blessed I could travel and live the moments whilst feeding my soul, which is something material stuff could never do.