There's a version of me, sitting on a park bench in 2016, who made a promise he didn't fully understand yet. I kept it for ten years — no apps, only chance. Then, on the last night of June, sitting in St. John's, I downloaded one again...
We don't truly regret what we did. We regret what we didn't do. How many people are serving that sentence right now? The one who said nothing — not because they had nothing to say, but because saying it felt too revealing and somehow dangerous. Almost said it. Almost went. Almost tried. Almost is the heaviest word in the language. And it follows you everywhere...
It's easy to take a photo when everything is going well. But the ones I keep going back to? Never the perfect ones. There's something about reaching for the camera at the wrong moment that tells you everything about what actually mattered...
From seasonal jobs to spontaneous adventures, I've learned that Life rarely announces its most important moments in advance. More often than not, they arrive disguised as side quests...
For years, I saw every city, relationship, and chapter of life as temporary. Then, in a quiet Dutch cottage, I found myself wishing one moment could last beyond its expiry date...