Living Abroad - Dear Luna

 

Dear Luna, 

My first month of travelling is nearing to the end, and by the 5th of January, I will only have three more months left until I’m back in the Netherlands with my family. 

It is true that I am looking forward to going back home and being back around familiar faces, but there’s a part of me that kind of wishes to move to Thailand, even if it’s for a year. It might never happen, but I would like it to be an option for my future if I wish to move to a new country. I don’t think I’d stay for the rest of my life, maybe for one year, but then again who knows, maybe I love it so much that I never want to go back.

As you might be able to tell, out of the three countries I visited, Thailand is the best one, followed by Laos and then Vietnam. 

There is a charm about Thailand, magic that coast around the land. The people here are all kind and welcoming to anyone who is visiting from another country. As mentioned in previous blogs, where I stayed in Vietnam, it was chaotic, and it seemed like a hazard was going to occur every second you’d cross the road. Laos was beautiful, but quite the opposite of Vietnam, even in the capital, life here was a lot calmer. But here, in Thailand, it is a mixture of the two. People are always moving and enjoying the day of new chances, but it is all at a calmer pace and not too chaotic. 

It’s simply the best of both worlds.

If I would move to Thailand, as mentioned, it most likely is just for a year. But perhaps I would be down south during the winter days, as the temperature here is just like summer in Europe. And during the summer seasons, I’d be up north in Chiang Mai once again. 

Who knows if this would happen, I have no idea how my life is going to look, and instead of being scared about it, it’s freeing and exciting. Life is about adventurers and making memories, and everyone knows the best ones are the ones you never expected to make.

But perhaps I’m open to this idea as a way to stay away from ‘real life’ back at home, creating a career and working. I don’t think so, I hope not. All I know is that I am open to any path I go down in my future.

It’s time to stop trying to control my life/future like I do with the characters in my novels and let life flow. 

And a great affirmation that I saw that I will keep near to my heart is: I am lucky that everything goes my way.

Until next time, Luna ❤️❤️❤️