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is this still happening? Hell yes!!!!

it's been a month...and then another one...i didn't manage to come and write, express, free up my ideas - i simply did not have time...

I look back and i wonder what happened in the meantime:
- i talked with my manager about my crazy ideas, her jaw dropped
- we went to Portugal for a little over a week, i cried and smiled in healthy portions
- we told my family that we are getting married, they were super happy
- we told my family that we are travelling the world, they got confused
- we did some serious travelling, more than +2k km
- i got to know the extra costs to keep an unpaid leave
- i decided i will resign and not request unpaid leave, my manager got for the second time a jaw drop
- i packed all our crap and went to a flea market, did 150eur in 1 long, super long day
- our friends moved in our house

- i agreed with my manager that m y last day at Nike will be on 12/12, she doesn't get jaw dropped face anymore but i still get nervous whenever i talk about it.















- we sold our car
- we bought our tickets to Portugal with return flight to the 1st of February 2015
- we sent stuff to Portugal and the stuff arrived safe & sound
- we BOUGHT our first 6 months of flight tickets, my jaw dropped of excitement after so long to get this one done...

- My manager announced it today, and i blushed because of the freedom feeling i never ever felt before.


This is another big day in the road to making THIS happen...
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Butterfly Party

Adrenaline rushes through my body. My thoughts are bit fuzzy, my mouth seems dryer and butterflies are making a party in my stomach. I can't prevent my facial muscles of carving a huge smile for hours. What a terrifying joy! 

What I just described is, for me, the clear indication that I'm heading out of my comfort zone, to magic, to the unknown, to life.

I always think that lucky are the people who have the opportunity to take the least taken path, that can spend time in the longer arduous road. And that brave are the ones that seize the opportunities and if they are not lucky, they don't bother and just make opportunities. Many people are not lucky enough to come across opportunities and when they do, they don't have the guts to seize it. But no judgements from my part since I'm also, most of the time, not lucky and neither brave enough. I love my comfort zone and stay on it for most of my existence. Only once in a while I jump out of it.

Living with a partner? Then it's even harder because, the way I see it, there's "my comfort zone", "your comfort zone" and "our comfort zone". So I have to jump out of mine, push her out of hers and together we jump out of ours. It's actually a quite special feeling when we help each other go out of our own individual comfort zones. We learn so much about ourselves and each other: what we like, our fears, what's easy and what's hard. Sharing this experience with the love of my life is actually the best part and something totally new to me.

Our Comfort Zone and Where the Magic happens

Who said that "Timing is everything" was absolutely right. Specially regarding big changes since "Now it's not the right time" is one of the most common reasons, or excuses, to avoid doing anything. Like any other complex subject, timing has many layers, is dynamic and interconnected. I guess this is the part which lucky really plays a big role. Life tends to be quite predictable, cyclical, while in the comfort zone so one can do some sort of planning.


But the cosmic forces at play put everything in place, the planets and starts aligned for a short period of time ... and we decided to take the leap.
Let the butterflies party.
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