Imagine you are eighty, sitting in a rocking chair and reflecting back on your years. What would you have done more or less of? What advice would you give yourself today?
My 80-year-old self lives to tell stories -- the more outrageous the better, she'll do anything for a laugh. In fact, I think about things in terms of "will this make a good story when I'm eighty?" The story-quality barometer helps me check that I'm living a colourful and creative life. In 2016, when this journey began, my inner 80-year-old had been urging me to go on adventure. She said that I had become a bit boring and she's complaining about having to repeat the same stories. So at THNK Pitch Night in June, I pitched the idea of going on a soul sabbatical and year-of-learning. Curious? Read more about the why of it all here.
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25/12/2019 08:45:06 pm
Taking the road less traveled is a hard decision. I mean, if you are the first on that road, then you do not have any references to look at, but at the same time, travelling this road is going to be exciting. You can go and travel this road, but it is going to be hard. I know that it is a big risk, and it all depends on what you want to do in life. I hope that this road holds a lot of risk.
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Follow AlongNice to meet you...I'm Andi (hence the blog name). I'm a travel aficionado, passionate eater, tireless explorer of internet rabbit-holes, and amateur thinker. Join me as I give it all up (ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration) and go around the world on a mid-career "soul sabbatical" & year-of-learning to figure out what to be NEXT when I grow up. Won’t you grab a cup of chai and stay a while?
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