Many articles have been published on the internet, social media and magazins in recent months. I can’t escape it either, corona. Until the beginning of the year I knew no better than that it was a Mexican beer with a lime in it, ore a professional soccer player from Mexico with the same name. Now, almost a year later, it is a disaster of the first order. At the beginning of the year, January to be precise, there was not a hair on my head who was concerned about the virus. Something far away in Asia couldn’t really worry me. Now, here in Austria we are already entering the third Lockdown because the virus continues to spread and mutate faster than a swarm of mosquitoes that i chase out my tent in the summer.
I cannot escape from it, now at the end of December, to take stock for myself and to forge new plans. but not before I have gone through the year, how it went, but above all: what did I learn from it. You should know that in Oct 2019 I shifted my ships to tyrol and left beautiful salzburg after 3.5 years to embark on a new adventure. I found a house in a beautiful mountain village in the Stubai Alps. A stone’s throw from the Italian border. Fortunately I’am living in the middle of the mountains i a small village and can practice my beloved sports right from the front door.
Just like any adventure, I would have to make new social contacts again, which does not always seem easy in a new environment. My friends live a few hours away, so going for a visit is not an option. But hey, it wouldn’t be me if this didn’t give me the energy I’m looking for in adventures like this. You need to know:
I started my ‘big adventure’ by Going on solo to explore new countries almost 10 years ago, stay there a couple of years what takes the challenge to a whole new level. Often, more challenging than the challenge itself. Stepping into an unknown land ore region is an enriching and exciting experience. And the very fact of doing it on my own will force me to discover the places in the country i’ am living in – and myself! I life already now for 5 years in Austria
Since I went abroad, I met so many awesome, great and lovely, helpful , sweet sharing people who made my traveling and living abroad even more pleasant as it already is.So it has to be now not different , that was what was my trive back then. The opportunity to explore a piece of the world on my own is tough, i admit , exhausting so now and then, a mind-stretching luxury too. Not only i will meet the most admirable people as i travel, but i will also become one of them. Who want not to travel the world and stay ore visit beautiful places? So when i travel nothing makes me feel better like get in contact with a place the fullest by meeting locals ore like wise minded people. But, that corona thing put all of that on hold. My complet social-life and socializing thing, on hold. I have to do everything on my own, without help. That put everything in a perspective i had to reschedule for a moment.
I always try to avoid tourist traps and I think that meeting locals ore like wise minded people is the best way to live fully the experience that a place has to offer. To Connecting or sharing the nice moments it’s the best souvenir you can get. So with these mindset i moved to Tirol.
I hadn’t quite found my pace yet when we were stuck with a hard lockdown for 3.5 months back than in Spring 2020. You have to maintain contacts and you learn the area best by going out with locals. There I was in my mountain house in the middle of nowhere, all alone. All by myself. It felt like I had ended up in a deserted mountain village.
Since then one thing has become very clear to me and it has become something commonplace for me. something that returns in almost everything. Do not delay anything for later. Don’t procrastinate
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language right?
And next year’s words await another voice.
On January 1, I will go into the mountains to balance the list, walk through the rooms of my life … not looking for flaws, but for potential. I hope that I will also make mistakes in this coming year. Read this in the right perspective,
Because when you make mistakes, you make new things, try new things, learn, live, push yourself, change yourself, change your world. You do things that you have never done before, and more importantly, you do something.
So that’s my wish and for all of us, and my wish for myself. Make new mistakes. Make amazing, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes no one has ever made. Don’t stop, don’t stop, don’t worry that it’s not good enough, or it’s not perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work, family, or life.
Whatever you fear, do it. And I do that by going into the mountains with my snowboard and let myself surf through the snow into a new year of opportunities.
I love the long distance sport like long distance cycling – long distance Hiking, Long distance Ski touring ore Snowshoe hikes— even this winter i want to try something new, i want go for Long distance Nordic discipline — seems amazing in this area where i life. Over 40 km at all altitudes to enjoy the nordic sport, including even the illuminated Stubai night trail for cross-country skiing in the evening, breathtaking scenery and the opportunity to consciously discover the varied winter landscape. All just from my doorstep away….
I told myself alot these year in my talkings with myself. I had time to practice a lot ( eye wink)
In this new year, may you have a deep understanding of your true value and worth, an absolute faith in your unlimited potential, peace of mind in the midst of uncertainty, the confidence to let go when you need to, acceptance to replace your resistance, gratitude to open your heart, the strength to meet your challenges, great love to replace your fear, forgiveness and compassion for those who offend you, clear sight to see your best and true path, hope to dispel obscurity, the conviction to make your dreams come true, meaningful and rewarding synchronicities, dear friends who truly know and love you, a childlike trust in the benevolence of the universe, the humility to remain teachable, the wisdom to fully embrace your life exactly as it is, the understanding that every soul has its own course to follow, the discernment to recognize your own unique inner voice of truth, and the courage to learn to be still. A new year has born!
So here I am, here I am. saddled for over 8 months with an unforeseen problem. But hey, it doesn’t stop me from grabbing this with both hands, putting my shoulders under it and making something of it. I’m already here anyway;) so i’am looking for opportunities
On the Road 