Excuses, Excuses

So it’s been six months since I last wrote. I use the excuse that I’ve been too busy living and haven’t had the time to write. And while that is somewhat true – I have done quite a fair bit – I could’ve made time to write/record my experiences so I’d be able to make their memories last longer. After all, writing is a way to remember, to reflect and to give us a more meaningful experience.

I promised new friends and old friends that I’d experience all this life in the last six months and they could read all about it when I wrote it. But the moment never came. And then too much time had passed between the experience and the record to do justice to the experience when writing about it. I felt I couldn’t convey the magic of the moments I had experienced anymore.

But what I was actually stuck at was trying to convey such a life-changing experience in words on a page. If you were one of the few people who heard me talk about my travels upon my return, you probably felt my heartfelt magic that is nearly impossible for me to convey in words, that now seem flat, on a paper. But… I’m going to try. I have too much to catch you up on, including:

• My first solo trip and the lessons I learned in Costa Rica

• The bliss of Switzerland with a stranger

• My first trip to Montreal and the romance of the city

• My first time staying in midtown Manhattan and trying to live like a local

The past six months were blessed and there’s so much I learned that even if all I’m able to do is put them into words on a screen, at least there’s a memory there that upon reading can remind me of the feelings I felt when I experienced it. For now, bullet points will have to do.

First written by me on madderandshade/wordpress on December 27, 2017: https://madderandshade.wordpress.com/2017/12/27/excuses-excuses/

Reposted on this final madder and shade site in 2018