Dear Wandering Spirit,
The Riccivagabondi travel blog was born this year and I am turning 30 soon. What a great number! Birthday wishes are welcome. 😊
I was not particularly excited about that over the past few years, but now I am glad. Why? Because I just realised that I’ve never been happier!
Life Starts Making Sense at 30
Life between 20 and 30 is a chain of ups and downs. One day you feel powerful, the day after you feel lost, and ultimately you feel brave.
I remember the freedom after finishing university and uncertainty about moving abroad. A foreign country is an adventure and a challenge on one hand. On the other hand though, I felt I was incomplete for a long time. ❓
I tried to be strong as much as I could, but I was fighting against windmills. One day, I stopped thinking and talking about my feelings. The day after, I exploded.
Everyone experiences such phases; most people react in a positive way and they are my inspiration. It took me a long time to steer myself back onto the right path, and it changed me irreversibly in the process. 🧭
Get Lost and Find Yourself Again
Between 20 and 30 you ask yourself so many questions that you get lost in a labyrinth. Maybe you took the right path, maybe not. Maybe you can consider changing, but maybe it costs you too much. It is a tornado of thoughts and feelings with many outcomes. 🌪️
I remember the long walks at day and night with earbuds, I remember lonely hours and the many pros and cons lists. But like feelings, even memories fade away little by little. You can collect all the pieces of yourself together again. This is what happened to me one day.
You are Your Super-Hero
I woke up and I was reborn. 🧘♀️
Something had grown inside of me: self-confidence. I had finally figured out what I needed to build a better version of myself on the foundations of the old me.
When you reach this part, infinite possibilities unfold before your eyes. You are fifteen again but with all your luggage of life experience. You want to do many things, see more, and live even more! Put your dreams into real plans and start working on them hard. Only hard workers get the prize! 💪
There are quite a few life projects that I am working on until the big four-zero. I will keep doing silly stuff, as I still feel like a kid sometimes, but I will take on more responsibility in my life too. I do not feel perfect and whole, but I have all the tools to be complete until that day. From now on, I will focus on the present and on foreseeable things.
My 30th Birthday Wishes
Virginia Woolf wrote,
I am rooted, but I flow.
This is my simple yet very powerful life mantra. 🙌
As a wandering spirit with wandering curls, I’m a flowing creature. I embrace the fact that I will keep changing over and over throughout the next years. Travelling changes your mindset every time you travel back home.
We are not static beings, after all. But one thing is certain: we are all rooted.
I am fine with seeing things differently from other people. Other peoples’ judgement does not affect me negatively because they do not know the contents of my suitcase. 🧳
Other peoples’ opinions have value, but I only take the genuine, good quality advice, as I flow. I will stay firm on my beliefs, as I am rooted. And if that means that I will keep doing crazy stuff, it is okay that way too!
Having said that, I only have one wish for my 30th birthday: to have the possibility to travel as much as possible. ✈️
Life is a long-term journey and I need to enrich it with the colours of any countries, cultures, and places I am going to explore.
Cheers!
