1) QUALITY - Documenting the trip via YouTube and Instagram is proving to be a better way to capture things in the moment.
2) TIME - Putting the videos together takes A LOT of time... time that would have otherwise been used to write.
3) ENERGY - By the end of every day I am exhausted, so finding the brain power to write is difficult.
4) AVOIDANCE - I have had a hard time journaling, blogging, reflecting, etc throughout this entire trip. The stuff that tries to surface when I'm alone with my thoughts is really ugly and hard to manage in regular life let alone this very unpredictable life I'm living right now. I journaled a week or so ago for a little bit, but I didn't get very far and I was very disconnected during my writing. There is a sense of fear, although I haven't nailed down what specifically the fear is tied to.
This isn't how I envisioned this happening on this trip... I really wanted to be able to use this time and space to explore, dig, understand, heal, etc. Now, all of this isn't to say that there hasn't been any learning or reflecting. It just hasn't been what I thought it would be.
My YouTube and Instagram (both at NomadNak) are the best ways to keep up with the daily adventures and happenings of my trip. My blog will be updated periodically throughout as well as for some time when I get back - I'm hoping this trip will affect how I live life when I return and will want to document that.
Thank you to those who are reading, watching, Instagramming, etc. It really means a lot to me that I have some of you going on this trip with me. :)
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