“I travelled round the world from year to year. But each one found me aimless; one more year the worse for wear” – Cold Chisel. So here it is. Another reflection post on another lazy hazy crazy Sunday afternoon. Nobody’s dream. Not yours. Non mine. Neh his. Niet hers. Never ours. Marc Overmars. The moon. Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Two Years of Depression, Liars Unsorried, GuruGod Stalked[…]
“Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine, I’m leaving my life in your hands. People say I’m crazy and that I am blind, risking it all in a glance”. Two years ago… Almost exactly two years ago in life I was happy. I had just visited Agra in India and that was my Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: I’ll Visit My 900th City This Week | It’s Nobody’s Dream | Faleminderit |[…]
“As the day was dawning, my plane flew away. With all the things caught in my mind” – Noel Gallagher. Don’t Stop Living is officially 10 years old today. Timewise, that’s almost 30% of my life. It’s more than 50% of my adult life. I’ve shared my life with the world, my ups and my Read more about Don’t Stop Living is 10 Years Old Today: My Thoughts On Sharing a Third of My Life With The World[…]
“Life lies a slow suicide” – Richey James Edwards. Everyday I waken up and want to die. Life has been like this for 14 months or so now and nothing helps – drugs, pills, visiting family/friends, going to football, doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists. It all started when I trusted people too much. I began trusting that Read more about Sunday Disillusion: The Nice People Lose in Life – Suicide, Death, Liars, GuruGods[…]
“You do the walk. Yeah, you do the walk of life” – Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). It’s pretty hard for me to believe that it is now 18 days since I last slept in a hostel dorm room – the Hostel Cycle On. I am no longer a moving, nomadic backpacker. I did a walk, Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Backpacker Versus Stationary Resident, First 7 Differences[…]
“I know all about you” – Garbage. Today I reflect on something huge, and I know – it is time for change. It feels like I was living my whole life in the public eye. Of course, a blog is global, anyone can view it. This meant that I lost my privacy and my anonymity. Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: A Change In Me – The Private Jonny Blair[…]
“Come on baby ’cause, there’s no name for, give it up and I got what I came for” – Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was a while back that I wrote an article called “The Fear of Settling Down” and I meant it. It’s a good article actually – have a read and that was Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: I’m Staying Put in Gdańsk, Poland[…]
“Illusion never changed into something real” – Natalie Imbruglia. I promised I would write some more about the mental and psychological aspects of my travel lifestyle and I will but just a quick one today on a wet Sunday in Kaliningrad City, typed live from the Kruassan WiFi Cafe in Victory Square. Hour on hour, Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Depression, Disillusion and Distractions[…]