Time to move on again (Brisbane)

I have spent the last two months in Brisbane and met a lot of really nice people. I wish I could stay a little bit longer and enjoy more of the area. But as all of you know it doesn’t always go as planned. The cost of living is definitely the highest so far. With the money I earn I just about cover my expenses and there is no space for savings. I really enjoyed my time here but I made the decision to move on to farm work for the next two months, which means I am flying back to Sydney and from there a 2 hour drive to the farm I am going to work on.

Let me recapture the past few weeks with a few comments. Most of the time here I was alone for several reasons:

1. The people I met in the hostel move on in general very quickly because it is a very quiet time for job offers.

2. I never really connected with my co-workers (for unknown reasons).

3. I am a loner.

I realised again that you can enjoy several activities alone, such as having an absolute fabulous breakfast. In this case for just 10 $ including the large coffee. The little bar/restaurant/café in Brunswick Street – New Farm called Alibi offered excellent service and the food was fresh

Six months anniversary! (Brisbane)

Here I am, sitting alone in my room and summarise the last 6 months of my life. A lot happened, ups and downs during this journey. Good and happy memories come to my mind while writing this entry and reading the past 50 entries, but also the battles I had to fight in my mind.

I am not regretting that I have made the decision to travel while thinking about what to do with my life. Every day I am asking myself questions over and over again without answers. I was hoping that certain things will come my way automatically and that I can gather enough ideas to make decisions what to do after I finish this journey. Even though I am more open minded about a lot of things, I still believe that I haven’t seen enough yet.
 

There were a few certain moments I wanted to stop and book my flight back home, thinking that all this is a waste of time and that I just should look for a stable and secure job and settle, but my restless soul kept fighting and the urge to travel was greater than the homesickness.
 

I travelled in 6 months 5 countries and 21 cities, took 14 flights, 3 trains and 1 ferry and there are so many more places I want to see and experience. I keep reading other travel blogs and envy the experience these people make and hope that I will have similar adventures one day (not the bad ones of course). I look at the pictures they take and envy the skills and talent they have, thinking again that I am completely talentless, I even suck at traveling. Too scared of making the wrong decisions I don’t make them at all and rather wait and stay put, wait things out until the unpreventable happens.
 

It’s been now over a month that I came to Brisbane, but can’t seem to make my way to see things around Brisbane, looking at different places. I met a few people around the city, went to markets, had dinner at a lovely Vietnamese restaurant, watched the Hungover 2 with some co-workers, met for coffees at Starbucks and had some delicious pancakes. All in all that sounds very very boring to me. Where is my sense for adventure? Is that the way it is meant to be? Just working and just having enough money to cover the expenses? I am sure it is not and I guess my anniversary date is a wakeup call for me to get out there again and do what I was supposed to do when I started this journey, which is learning and experience new things.
 

I started looking for a second job, because based on the calculations I made I need to save up quite a bit again to see the places that are on my list and do the things I planned to do (such as skydiving and bungee jumping). I can’t believe I still have over 3 months in Brisbane, of course this gives me enough time to do some trips around here and meet people, but right now, I am just feeling restless and want so desperately book my next trip.

I feel kind of ashamed that I don’t even have pictures for this entry....but I didn't take any pictures. I should start again using my camera for special moments.
 

I miss my friends and family and hope they are all happy and healthy, loving and living life to the fullest.
 

Happy anniversary to me…