as free as the ocean.

Porto //February 2013

Belém //February 2013

Some days are just not how you want them to be. You feel completely unproductive, procrastination takes over. And sometimes, such a day turns into a week, or a month. At least it feels like that for me.
I guess, I could blame the change of weather : cold temperatures, the decreasing amount of sunshine hours and the basically shitty everything. Winter (depression) is coming. The source of each and every problem. It's obvious, no?
Well, yes, if I want the easy way out, I could stick to that explanation. But to be honest, I don't want to. The season is what it is, no sudden change here. No change means no progress, which ultimately results in stagnation. And that I can't have.

Lisbon //February 2013

// Change is the only constant. //

Proverb

Porto //February 2013

I can't or don't want to hold outside influences responsible for "hitting rock bottom". Therefore, I, myself, am responsible. Blaming myself for a low point in life seems like the worst thing to do. It's basically like giving myself a high five. In the face. With a chair.
So why would any person, who's in one's right mind, do that?

The answer is as simple as this: If I am the problem, I can also be the solution. I have to admit, this post starts to sound like a cheap self-help guide to happiness. And you know what, maybe it is. Either way, today I decided to pull myself together once and for all.
And as a first step I thought I'd write this post, because my blog (in all its inconsistency) is my happy place (,as is travel and the infinite sea).

The only thing left to say at this point: