One hundred posts ago I started blogging here “the the place where I lay down my thoughts, where I shared my experiences gathered passing trough this voyage called life”. The day it all began was April 12 2005. I started blogging to keep my friends updated during the time I was in the Netherlands as an intern in AIESEC International. It was easier to share my experience than everything else out there but I can’t say this was entirely my idea. I got inspired by Arthur, and I still am when I read some of his posts. He’s one of the few who managed to leave a mark on my life and I’m forever grateful for that.

Almost 4 years, 1426 days, 19271 visits, 100 posts and 202 comments later I must say that I’ve changed a bit since this journey began, well who wouldn’t? I’m all grown up now (sad / smiley face). These 4 years have been a hell of a ride … I’ve had my share of good and bad, made new friends and became disconnected from others, I’ve traveled, I’ve teached, I’ve messed up, I’ve inspired, I’ve learned new  things, I’ve made some people happy and I’ve also made some people sad. This is all part of this thing called life.

Would I change anything? No. I am who I am now because the choices I made till now and this will also define me in the future. I like being me :)
Really! I have my good’s and bad’s, but so does everybody else!

What’s next? I don’t know. I’m trying real hard to achieve something of value. As most of us are. I’m just following my dream and see where it will take me.

As I’ve been going  trough my past posts, I selected some of them.

• Chasing your dreams – Starting my own company.
• Crazy friends – My friends. People I really care about.
• Diversity – Understanding it.
• City of two continents – Istanbul.
• City of romance – Venice.
• Duesseldorf – Germany.
• Returning to Austria – Salzburg. Flying over the Alps.
• City of Rome – Grandiose Rome.
• Becoming an Alumnus - The end of my AIESEC experience.
• Fears – About fears. Fear of life.
• Fragility of Life – Pain in huge amounts.
• Thoughts around a Wish – Inspiration from where you least expect it.
• My Super NPS – Some of my best times in AIESEC.
• Time of my life – Some of my best times outside of AIESEC.
• Thoughts racing eachother – The end of the greatest experience of my life so far.
• The journey – My very first entry.

I see them now as moments, frozen in time, and the feelings are overwhelming. Why do we spend so much of our time looking forward and so little looking back? I noticed that I too got dragged in this strong current … always rushing forward, always in a hurry, always lacking the time for myself, for those around me. We’re all rushing to what? At the end of this road, this voyage there is only one constant … death. I remembered today a poem by Octavian Paler^[1] I read a while ago called “We have time”^[2]. Maybe we should slow down a bit from time to time, find time for ourselves, for those close to us.

I’ve enjoyed the ride  so far … I can’t wait so see what’s next.
The Lion. ^[3]

1. A Romanian writer. [»]
2. Octavian Paler – Avem timp. [»]
3. The song to this post is: Angus & Julia Stone – Paper Aeroplane. Open “Lion’s Radio” and scroll down to listen to it. [»]