As Melbourne winter drew near I started to remember how cold my flat gets, and how little I wanted to unbox my warm clothes. And since my cousin is getting married in Córdoba late June, a exciting idea started to form in my autumn restless brain: let's bypass winter! Last year I skipped the worse of if by going to Thailand in August, maybe this time I could go all the way and spend three months in Europe. Which also means I can catch up with family and friends there, and travel a bit...

...but then a new thought unfolded: what about leaving this open-ended? And an old desire stirred and re-surfaced: what about traveling for some time without an outline, what about a Nomad Life for a while? As soon as that thought became concrete I knew I had to do it. It's hard to know why, my life in Melbourne is great, I love the city and the people I've met, my lifestyle and the experiences I've made, and surely would countinue to make should I choose to stay. But it's one of those situations where things feel Just Right. I've had a few of those by now, and I trust this feeling of certanity more and more. Learning to move from analysis/control to intuition/trust is one of the things I feel very grateful for over the last few years.

So I sold my car and put my things in storage (I want to leave the doors to coming back to Melbourne wide open), and I booked a one way ticket to Barcelona. I remember the feeling of finality as I closed the lock of my storage unit after a very skilled life-sized Tetris session (thanks James!). "This is pretty big".

But the hardest part are all the goodbyes, not knowing if it'll be for a few months or for a much longer time. All the places, all the people, all the things that I love here, today. Any changes, particularly deep changes, always come with a dose of sadness. But also with gratitude on the side: I'm so fortunate to be surrounded by so many wonderful people! I've been in Melbourne for just over two years, which is not such a long time. This was quite a challenge too, and after all this time the amount of lovely/loving people around me remind me of how blessed I have been.

Now it's decided, and I'm ready to go. The bare minimum of planning. An open mind and heart. No goals, one basic principle: let go of control, let each experience run into the next one in free flow.