THE STARTING POINT

If the angle from which you look at ordinary things changes, you’ll find that other things matter now. Sometimes you need an event to finally make the decision to make a cut, saying „yea, nah cheers“ and leave for another place to do something that makes more sense to you than the things you have been doing so far.

This is what I do: Quit, take a breath and focus on things that matter and see where you stand in the end. May sound like an off-year to some, to me it’s moving forward.

The overall idea is to travel through the countries of South America for an undisclosed time and to get to know their people & cultures. However, I don’t want to be a mere tourist, I actually want to give something back wherever I find the chance to help and support. I don’t want to do it for money, a place to sleep and bite to eat are absolutely fine.

Through this approach I hope to achieve 2 things:

1.     Getting access to the local people and their original lifestyle away from the tourist spots

2.     Giving something back to people that have been less fortunate than me

Trying to make my stay a bit more sustainable by leaving something behind that other people can benefit from is something that is actually really important to me at this stage of my life. It will be at the center of my attention when looking for opportunities to get involved.

Let’s see how all this goes!