Why this journey?
It’s a question people often ask me.
Well, the many and varied reasons include:
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To make a change from my everyday life, and escape routine |
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To experience a nomadic lifestyle for longer |
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To fulfill my dream of travelling for a long time |
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To slooooow down and focus on the present moment |
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To discover the United States and meet some cowboys |
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To turn the page on one part of my career and mark the transition to a new chapter in my life |
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To dare to keep myself company (and my mules) |
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To learn to trust myself, listen to myself, and find inner resources in the face of the new situations that never fail to turn up |
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To let go of control, because when you’re travelling you need to improvise |
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To increase freedom of action and open up new possibilities: |
Setting off alone into wild, mountainous, open spaces also meant I had to be a little stubborn, daring and reckless