Time flies by. How often does one hear a person wondering where the days, months, years have gone? Wondering how fast time passes by.
I don't know where time goes but I do know that it's in a good safe when spent well. Time should be savored, filled with precious moments and enjoyed. Time is valuable. The time we have already spent we'll never get back and we never know when we have spent our share of it. Luckily until then there are new chances to make the best out of it.
What's up? Oh, not much. My answer to a first friend's question I met when I traveled back to Berlin, after having lived a year in Bangkok. Not much? Well, just since we've last seen each other I've moved to a new continent, learned to master a new job, traveled in 5 new countries in Asia, learned to conquer my fear of going underwater by learning to scuba dive, started learning a new difficult language and made a bunch of new friends. Not much?
My answer made me realize how differently one can think of the spent time. When spending time with good friends one is living that moment as no other moment would be of importance. It's that moment that matters. That's the way a life should be lived and the time spent. Every moment should be important.
During my first year in Bangkok I have learned a great deal, gathered experiences and developed a new lifestyle. It has been a wonderful year! What I have really realized after the first anniversary in Bangkok, is that I have spent that time well. I haven't just been a passenger but I have actually lived all through that time.
What I'm mostly proud of after this year is that I have lived it my way. I have combined the different aspects that I love in life. I have traveled and sensed life in new cultures. I have filled the year with exciting adventures, pushing myself to my limits and beat my fears. I have dreamed and made some of them come true. But I have also established routines, explored the Bangkok lifestyle and become as little a tourist as possible for a giant blond girl in the Lilliput's country. It's all these different moments that I love in my life, from the everyday routines to the adventurous travels.
It has been a year which has been lived, a year filled with memorable moments. For most I have felt that I have used the time well. Even the silent moments at home feel like an important part of it. There is no feeling of wasted time. I look back to this year knowing that the time was there for a reason. I'm living my life and saving the time I use in safe- and that's what matters.
