Day 537: Moving forward

Moving forward is an action. Moving forward means advance or make progress with something. You can't stay still and move at same time: it's against any physical and human law. However, you can move within the same place and far from it. The idea of moving forward is generally matched with a road: could be the unconscious result of inertia or the attentive consequence of a choice. Indeed, it is the best example of moving, towards any direction you're keen to take. It's about gathering all your strengths and weaknesses to take a step, either virtual or real. Usually, during the act of moving, the destination is still unclear: it doesn't mean that there isn't any, it could be just too far from the starting and not wise to focused on it. 

Keep moving. Despite all the obstacles, the secret is keep moving. No matter what's in your road or behind you, your focus point must be ahead. Stick just to positive thoughts and kind actions: you will notice changes in the world around you as well. Follow the example of a house plant: if you feed it with water every day it will thrive, otherwise if neglected it will slowly die. Excuses won't keep it alive, so they will not work either for you. Just persistence is the only thing that works well. Just do something everyday. And remember that talking to others is just one of the way to talk to yourself. 

7 Days to London: Goodbye Books

I donated all my books to the local library. I just saved my favourite ten and then I let them go on their way.

I think that the culture should be shared. Books don't belong to anybody: they just belong to the world. Leaving books on the shelf collecting dust it's a great waste: they can still be read by many people.

Reading is a pleasure. I think that everyone should have the possibility to read books for free. Even because the current price of the books in the bookshops is pretty expensive. 

So books, have a safe and funny journey. I hope you'll be treated well as I did and you could make dream many other readers.

9 Days to London: I've got a job... maybe!

Maybe today was my lucky day! I got up again late, but now I stop focusing on this problem and I tried to find a proper solution: maybe tomorrow I’ll have the first results. After spent night before watching movies online, I decided I wanted to watch some episodes of my favourite TV series, but it was difficult to find them available online. So, this morning I spent more than hour downloading TV series episodes from eMule: now I can choose among episodes of CSI New York and Miami, and Criminal Minds. I think the latter will be on my way tonight, after writing this post. I’m not afraid of going bed just after watching movie like this. Not yet.

Later in the morning I went to my bank to fix last issues about my account. After all operations done, I started chatting with the other bank workers of the room, obviously free of work. Everyone asked me to tell my story and then they gave me all suggests that people don’t like to travel usually give to fearless travellers. But one of them, suddenly, said something different. I finally found a person that had already been in London and that above all love travelling. “If you want to work there I have a solution for you” he said to me. And in few minutes he contacted two friends of him. 

No surprise: he was a pioneer. He spent over five years in London working and studying at the university about ten years ago. And now, he sent her 15-year-old daughter attending High School in London. He gave me two chances of work: night porter hotel or bar-waiter in a place in Oxford Street. Now I have to go there and check what’s the best suitable solution for me, for what I want to do and for where I live. I’ll  always be grateful to him and.. to destiny that allows me to have this meeting.

Wish me good luck, please! 

13 Days to London: Travel Talking

Talk about travel is always a romantic moment. Share experiences, ideas, desires and ways of life makes me dream. Every trip is not only a way to discover the world, but to know a new part of themselves. When you figure it out, you'll never stop travelling.

Travels require a great deal of wish and courage. It's never easy, especially when you choose a one-way trip. I was just excited and willing to begin this new experience: other people made me feel brave by telling me that I had to have a lot of courage to do such a thing. I've never thought about it. I decided to do it and I bought a ticket: the rest will come.

When your brain perceives the idea of leaving, you feel like a grasp in your stomach. I think it's really important to go away by yourself, because being with someone else involves an inevitable sense of responsibility and coherence inside your intimate person. Instead, what you need is a reset with the past, a change of character and personality that make you a different person just after a step out of your door.

That's the point. Travel is an inner impulse: you can pretend to ignore it by contenting yourself of your life or try to follow your instinct. It's always a matter of choice. I chose the second option.