The sweet spot (blog)
I am finally on the Emerald Isle, near Tipperary as I write, looking out to the spectacular Galtee Mountains. What a relief it is to be here. My heart and soul can breathe again.
My nomadic existence for the last 2 years, in the UK, felt like wandering in the proverbial wilderness. I struggled with it. It wasn’t what I wanted to do. I sold up with the intention of moving abroad, so I was a reluctant nomad. At times, it felt like I was imploding. But it was safer to stay where I knew the lay of the land and could wait for the geo-political terrain in our crazy world, to become fully visible. I was confident I would know the moment when it was safe to travel abroad on my own, without hassle (as I don’t do any of the diktats). So, on the one hand, it was a period of stagnation. And on the other, it was a period of gestation during which I completed the metamorphosis into a new version of me, which began 5 years ago.
Crossing the water marked the conclusion of this process. I had shed the old me (and all my possessions, except what fitted into ‘the ship’), written a book called ‘The Ultimate Relationship… the one with yourself’ (which was cathartic) and emerged from the chrysalis, with shiny new wings. The last part of the transition was imagining how and where to be, and live, which has created the ‘Earth Collective’ project. From the moment I stepped onto the boat, it felt like I was in my 'sweet spot’….
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