The honeymoon-period was over and it was time for me to face real life. I was without a job and without a plan. The abundance of time had come to me as a blessing during the first couple of weeks. During the weeks following, however, I was seriously missing a sense of purpose in my new life.
There were plenty of ways to keep myself busy and fill the hours. Nevertheless, as a goal-oriented person I couldn’t be satisfied with drinking coffee, decorating the apartment, walking around the neighborhood and memorizing Spanish vocabulary. After a while, freedom felt empty and I felt bored and meaningless.
Life has many ways of testing a person’s will,
either by having nothing happen at all
or by having everything happen all at once.
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