I wish for a life that flows at my pace and not the other way around.

The challenges of leading a nomadic, more spontaneous and less structured life.

There was a day when I awoke to a level of consciousness I never imagined existed. It was the morning of a mid-week day. The pandemic was at its worst in Chile and I had recently left my job of the last twelve years.

For several months my health had been very delicate, but that day I felt energized to do something, or maybe nothing, depending on how you look at life.

Then, abruptly, like a flash of lightning, I became aware that I could decide what to do that day, that whole day. And not only that day, but the next day as well, and the whole week, and the whole month!

And with great disbelief and some sorrow, at the age of 42, I realized that I could not remember the last time I had been the master of my life. It was at that exact moment that I decided never again to work for anyone but myself.

From that day on, things in my life started to flow in a different way. But how different, you may ask. Well, three years later my family and I were getting on a plane to the other side of the world to live the life we wanted: a nomadic life, more spontaneous and less structured. A life that flows at our pace and not the other way around.

Finally, we are the result of the sum of our decisions.

I don't want you to admire us or to value our courage for leaving our comfort zone and launching into an uncertain adventure. What I want is to get your attention: Are you living the life you want to have? And if not, what would you change about your life to achieve a fulfilling life?

Work is not an excuse, you can always reinvent yourself and today there are hundreds of options to work remotely. You just have to make the decision and start rowing towards that goal without rest and with a clear date.

Not setting a date is the same as not setting goals. You will never get to where you deserve to be.

There was a nurse, Bronnie Ware, who cared for terminally ill patients and wrote an inspiring book where she compiled her patients' most recurring wishes before they died. Do you know what the "top one" was? "I wish I had had the courage to live the life I wanted, not the life others expected of me."

If your desire is to travel, I would love to meet you on the road and have a lively conversation. Because in the end, life is made up of fragments, of moments well and badly lived.

I imagine that when you subscribed to my Travel Diary you didn't expect to find this reflection in your mail. I hope I didn't bore you.

I leave you a hug,

Claudia