Normally I do most of my traveling in the United States on a bike, but recently, I’ve begun a two month adventure in Guatemala and Mexico. What’s been even more foreign than that, is that I've been traveling with a partner- and she’s paying for it all.
And that my friend, has been way more of a difficulty than I expected! My girlfriend (who I’ve been dating for about four months) is also my business partner. Our entire adventure is a business trip, and she has decided to “invest” in me, and pay for it all. Mainly, because I couldnt raise enough money in time.
Add in some unwanted expenses, technical difficulties, frustration, and... limited funding.
What you get, is an enormous opportunity for self development.
Being a workaholic whose work hasn’t paid off yet, while being a financial burden on my partner, puts me in ripe grounds for some deep shadow work.
Feelings of not being good enough, especially when I don’t speak Spanish or have any personal cash to work with, while over 1000 miles away from home, sucks.
But I’m learning.
And sometimes you have to feel it to heal it.
After all, breakdowns lead to break throughs.
I thought my personal development would come in the form of getting out of my comfort zone, and talking to people in spanish. I had know clue it would leave me so distraught, as I fight off my inner demons.
Whatever the case- lessons are blessings, and I’ve learned more on the road than ive ever learned in a classroom. So I’m into it.
But dam!
Shit just got real.