๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ! 
For all your wonderful, lovely birthday wishes. YOU made my day even more special.
It was a magical day. Waking up, crawling out of the tent into the sunshine, being treated to a picnic brunch by my amazing friend, having all the time in the world to just chat, laugh and relax, finding a beautiful spot by the lake chilling and swimming, cooking a delicious dinner, having messages from family and friends flooding in all day, sitting around a bonfire as the sun set and the stars came out, seeing the slowest shooting star ever, and then crawling back into the tent falling asleep feeling so incredibly grateful and loved.
Also because all through yesterday I had so many moments that made me reflect on my life right now. And as much as these past months have been incredibly challenging and as much as there is still a lot of uncertainty ahead of me, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐.
I was looking back at the past three years of my life, thinking of each birthday and where I was in life each of those years, and how I could not have predicted how much my life would change each year. It has been such an unbelievable journey.
2018 I was still in Hannover, in my old job, not unhappy at all, but still with that absolute knowing that I needed to change. I didnโt know how and what I really wanted in life. I just felt stuck and the thought of seeing myself in the same place five years down the road would suffocate me. Then the same year in November ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป to quit it all. And then to travel. I decided that I would hike through the Rockies for six months. Nothing I had ever done before in any way.
But in 2019 on my birthday I had just completed my first section of the hike, having arrived in Cuba, NM after 7 days, 100 miles and with a super heavy backpack. I spent the day all alone in a motel but ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ looking forward to this trip still ahead of me. Which turned out to be a trip of a lifetime!!
That trip changed me in so many ways, it has shown me what Iโm capable of but also brought me closer to my vision of what I want in life. ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ, ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, and stayed in the US.
Spending my birthday last year in a magical bubble in a hot spring in Montana. But already with challenges on the horizon due to COVID. Meaning that I had to leave the US last August. Falling into this complete uncertainty as to what, where and how things would happen for me next. But through that also came many beautiful things. Most of all the time I get to spend with my family. Which I donโt take for granted! But also because it really forced me to make another bold decision. ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ, ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ, ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด! I invested a lot of time in my own personal growth and in starting my own online business. Which has truly saved me over these past months. I have grown so much! I have met so many amazing people and made wonderful new friends. I have a focus!
Time can really fly by and we should not waste it! But also seeing how much can happen within such a short time gives me such hope! Iโm looking forward to this year ahead of me. Knowing that next year on my birthday I will look back at yesterday thinking how far I have come and how many incredible experiences I got to make. ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐! ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐!
