Lesson from Norway #1
Look! A post! The novelty of these things.
So....I'm in Norway. It's a dream come true, and I love it. I'm so thrilled to be here and to have these wonderful experiences. But that's all covered in my journal. Although I suppose that what I'm going to talk about will be covered in there as well, but it suits what seems to be the nature of this blog.
Things for me to come to Norway worked out really smoothly. They just kind of fell together, and considering the magnitude of the situation, it was sort of a spur-of-the-moment thing decision. So I figured that since things worked out in such manner and since I felt so astoundingly peaceful about visiting a very distant country all by myself, there must be something here for me. Or several things. So I've been looking for them. And I've found a couple.
Lessons from Norway #1 - You are not meant to be alone.
We have thoroughly established the fact that I have tried (with probably more success than I should have had) to convince myself that I like to be alone and I can get along quite nicely without anyone else. Yeah I can, but that's not what I'm meant to do, and I don't want to. As I've wandered around Oslo and visited various sight and museums, I've found myself thinking that things would be a lot more entertaining if I had a side-kick of some sort. It's nice to be able to visit the things I want when I want and to spend my time on the things I want to do, but I'm not sure that really makes up for feeling lonely.
As I was formulating these thoughts last week (it takes me a while to actually get a post up), I read the last post before this one. "I'm very comfortable being alone, and I'm not sure I should be comfortable with how comfortable I am being alone." I just started laughing, because I'm kind of at the opposite end of that spectrum now. Progressing, right? Or at least changing...??
I'm not going to say anything about any implications this might have on my return to Provo. I'll save that for the journal. Right now we're just going to be thrilled that I've made this discovery.
So....I'm in Norway. It's a dream come true, and I love it. I'm so thrilled to be here and to have these wonderful experiences. But that's all covered in my journal. Although I suppose that what I'm going to talk about will be covered in there as well, but it suits what seems to be the nature of this blog.
Things for me to come to Norway worked out really smoothly. They just kind of fell together, and considering the magnitude of the situation, it was sort of a spur-of-the-moment thing decision. So I figured that since things worked out in such manner and since I felt so astoundingly peaceful about visiting a very distant country all by myself, there must be something here for me. Or several things. So I've been looking for them. And I've found a couple.
Lessons from Norway #1 - You are not meant to be alone.
We have thoroughly established the fact that I have tried (with probably more success than I should have had) to convince myself that I like to be alone and I can get along quite nicely without anyone else. Yeah I can, but that's not what I'm meant to do, and I don't want to. As I've wandered around Oslo and visited various sight and museums, I've found myself thinking that things would be a lot more entertaining if I had a side-kick of some sort. It's nice to be able to visit the things I want when I want and to spend my time on the things I want to do, but I'm not sure that really makes up for feeling lonely.
As I was formulating these thoughts last week (it takes me a while to actually get a post up), I read the last post before this one. "I'm very comfortable being alone, and I'm not sure I should be comfortable with how comfortable I am being alone." I just started laughing, because I'm kind of at the opposite end of that spectrum now. Progressing, right? Or at least changing...??
I'm not going to say anything about any implications this might have on my return to Provo. I'll save that for the journal. Right now we're just going to be thrilled that I've made this discovery.
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