It may appear that I have fallen off the planet....but here I am alive and well! I just needed a good week to recover from a nasty bought of jet lag. (I used to wonder what every one was whinning about "jet lag this" "jet lag that"....and now it is all coming together. Particularly when I'm starring hoplessly at the ceiling at 3 AM).
And so...I'm back in Holland, mentally and physcially. I had been meaning to do an entry on my New Year's Resolutions...but instead I will just mention the most important of the list I have scribbled beside my bed. To quote a Madonna song, "Absoultely no regrets" (or worries).
No regrets about any decision I've made, or will make. No regrets about living on the other side of the world of friends and family. No regrets about chosing to live in a country I don't fully understand (and at times appreciate). No regrets on the career choices I've made (I eventually will find a job that allows me flexibility, creativity, intiative AND helps the world in a some small way--am currently only lacking the later!) No regrets on living (occasionally) outside of my means (you only live once right?) No regrets on having no tangible assets (who needs them anyways? ;) No regrets on not yet speaking the language of the country I'm living in (special annoucement: have signed up for a beginner Dutch class). No regrets on not doing enough, traveling enough, seeing enough of the world (there is still time for all that).
I will not worry about the big "life plan", about where I will be living in one, two, or three years time, about what country (or continent) I call my home.
No regrets, no worries. Period.
