This used to be a space where I share my daily outfits, what I do in my home country on a daily basis - a very simple lifestyle blog. I enjoyed being in the limelight of dressing well, having a wardrobe full of clothes and accessories, and also having a platform to know people who love dressing up like I do.
Even since I started on this new job, I've become a quieter person. I still love my usual gatherings with a clique of friends I formed here, and yet I've become one who slowed down my pace to better enjoy life.
I could go out without my phone alone, seated in a coffee house, reading a lifestyle magazine or a book and people watching.
In some big cities people watching could surprise me - the huge gap between the rich, the working class and the poor. I never felt my heart ache this much before, as I reach out for a few dollars to buy this person a cold drink during that hot summer, or just a small donation to allow him/her to buy a meal.
In my past travels, I usually dislike the scenery part of it and much preferred the shopping itinerary of each tour - and now I chuckle at the thought of sightseeing I do in each place. Since every city has ever changing landscapes due to their own developments - I realised that capturing these natural moments of each city far exceeds my desire to shop for my material wants.
The best things come in the simplest form.
The best things come in the simplest form.
In such a busy and noisy world, I have learnt to hear my own thoughts in the only quiet manner, that is the pleasure of having to do solo trips. This is when all my senses are further enhanced - the beauty of seeing how each city is different, the amazing feeling of being able to listen, the freedom of being able to plan my own time to do what I want to do, to feel how I need to feel.
With no map and no itinerary in hand, when will my next breaking point be?
