On your marks…
It’s finally beginning to sink in. For months and months the only emotions I have felt are excitement, happiness and joy. Now, 3 and a half weeks out from my long awaited trip comes other, new emotions such as apprehension, nervousness and worry. I suppose these emotions are still all positive because they epitomise the complexity and vastness of what I’m about to embark on. I have never lived a day where I haven’t called my parents house ‘home’ and now all of a sudden, I’m not only just moving out, I’m moving out and going across to the other side of the world! I won’t have the daily support, the daily security or anyone to fall back on and ask to help solve the problems that I’m going to face over the next few months or even years.
As scared and nervous as I am, I’m also excited not only to be travelling and seeing new and fantastic places, I’m looking forward to messing up, making wrong decisions and getting myself into situations that will baffle and confuse me, just so I can get myself out of them and learn to deal with these problems alone. I really think this journey that I’m about to take will help me to become a better person. I won’t be shielded by the comforts of the bubble that I live in right now; I’ll be living a very open and scary life that could and will bring about so many opportunities and stories, all which I cannot wait to share with you guys who follow my journey! I’ve taken my starting position, I’ve taken my mark. I’ve begun planning the trip.
Over the past few days I’ve started cancelling bills and memberships – phone, bank, insurance, e-tag, gym etc. I’m looking to sell my car (If you’re interested in a 97′ Hyundai Sonata give me a buzz! – we’ll come to this later), getting a credit card sorted, setting up a new address and opening up a new British bank account. I didn’t realise how much there was to do, and this is as a 21 year old male who has only just recently finished uni with barely any financial responsibilities. Imagine if I were married with kids – I don’t even want to go there right now – seriously, there is so much more to do than I first realised. Each day I manage to find new things that must be done before I leave ‘down under’.
I really am going to miss this place, my family, my friends, my job and the Hills bubble that I’ve lived in and become so accustomed to over the past 21 years. But as I said, the new emotions I’m feeling are all healthy, they’ll help me move forward, learn and grow and I can’t wait to step onto that plane and begin the new life that I have been hanging for every minute of the day for months.
Bring it on!
