6 Months in a Suitcase

As I began packing up my room in Armidale I decided to divide all of the things I had with me: 

• Things to take to Denmark vs. thing to leave behind/I won't need. 

As I began to pack the 'take to Denmark' things into my large suitcase my imagination ran wild as I envisaged the roles these things would play in my 6 months in Copenhagen. 

 Have you ever dreamed of something but, even though you have plans to make it happen, it just seems like something that will perpetually 'be happening in the future'? This has been me since I returned from Finland. 

Then in this mundane moment of packing the reality of my next adventure sunk in, my heart began racing, I got an epic adrenaline rush, I packed with unmatched enthusiasm, a permanent grin on my face and there was this feeling of indestructable elation consuming my whole being. It's hard to explain but if that feeling were a drug I would definitely be a junkie. Of course I feel happy and excited in similar magnitudes at other moments in life but there is this specific variety that is directly related to travelling/moving overseas on a semi-permanent basis; a specific rush that comes from leaving the comfort of everything familiar and entering the great unknown where the possibilities are endless.

I have officially crossed the threshold from simply knowing something is exciting to feeling it is exciting, bring on the next 6 months!

Ana xx