New Zealand Weekly Update #73

Last updated on März 18, 2024

11th of March until 17th of March 2024

Approximate reading time: 5 minutes

Lets get it started

Sundays are fundays. And sometimes restdays. Today is restday. The week has been long and busy since one of our collegues resigned a couple of weeks ago and now it is just three of us on the reail floor and at the moment with two optometrists, so we can be quite busy from time to time. And times after work have been pretty busy as well this week since we went to a pub quiz, a friend of mine stayed in our house for a couple of days and we had a goodbye party with Erina, our former collegue this week friday and ended up until midnight singing, playing games and drinking. So I decided to keep it easy this weekend and just stay at home for the moment, writing the blog and working on my printed version of my experiences on the Camino in Spain two years ago. I just realized that my Ebook has been downloaded already 10 times, feeling like a very popular person right now hehe. But way more important, I can share my experiences, thoughts and emotions now to a bigger audience and to way more people. And life should be all about this, shouldn’t it? Sharing. Inspiring. Motivating. Carring. At least this is my idea of life. My wish for a happy life. To be able to make my own life and the life of others a little bit better and more fun.
I am off now for a run and later for a photoshoot with my former collegue Katarina, she is on maternity leave at the moment and was asking me if I could join a photoshoot for some wedding pictures as she wants some sample pictures for her portfolio. And well. Of course I am in! Spending time together and help someone who is important to me? No doubt, action! See you later fellas!

Change ahead?

In the meantime, between running, photoshoots and ebooks, lets talk about one of the most interesting topics. Change. Something we fear. Something, we embrace. Something we need. Something we want. Something we try to avoid. Something we can not stop. Something that will never change.
Change.
Why is it change, that we fear, that we need, that we try to avoid, that we try to embrace?
Well, first of all. Change is good. Necessary. Part of our daily life. Part of nature. Part of everything. Without change, no progress. Without change, no chance. Without change, stagnation.
Change is part of everything.It iss something we need to move on. To become and unbecome. Something we fear because we do not know what to expect. What could possibly happen. We are afraid of change, because it could mean we need to let go. We need to stop habits. We need to step out of our comfort zone we might have been working so hard for. For weeks. Months. Maybe for years. But without change, we would just sit in this comfort zone far too long. And we might get lazy. We might get bored. Tired. And even worse, we might get depressed (as I experienced after staying too long in my assumed comfort zone and try to please everyone else but me).
We need change, we need challenges (and there is no CHAllenGE without change). We need the new, the different. As much as we need out comfort zone. Our well known areas. We need the balance. We need the stable and the moving. The on and off. The up and down.
And Wanaka is full of change at the moment. And to be honest, I am afraid of this change. Upset. Excited. Inspired. And I know there is nothing I can do about this change.
It will happen.

And there is only one chance for me to deal with it. To accept. And to get to know the opportunities and chances that come with the change.
Some people are leaving Wanaka (or the area). People that have been part of my daily life. People I will miss. People that supported me. That inspired me. People that are very special to me. And again, there is nothing I can do about it but to accept this change. And even more, we might need to have a look for a new house (or for a new room) since our tenacy agreement will expire in June. And my residency is about to get confirmed (well, fingers crossed, it might be just a matter of weeks now).
At the moment, it looks like it is time for me as well. Time for change. Time for chance. Time for challenge? Looking back, change has been always something special and good. It always ended up being something necessary for me. Something special. Something I needed. And something I had to embrace. And finally, something my gut would tell me as well. If I would listen. Honest and with all my attention.
But there is something about change that we need to keep in mind. It never comes with easy decisions. It never comes with no GoodBye. It never comes with only happy days and happy feelings. It never only comes with becoming something. It also comes with a lot of umbecoming. And with letting go.
And it comes with a process. With a new way. With the unknown. With new people. New environments. With something we have never experienced before. And this is something so exciting, so scary. So new. So unknown. And such a big chance, opportunity and maybe something that we really need.

What else to say?

Well, of course it was not just a relaxing sunday in Wanaka. I went out for a longer run today. Halfmarathon distance, to see if I still got it. And fellas. I still have it! Even though it was hot and I was sweating a lot. But most of the times, I enjoyed it so very much and would feel like Bambi from time to time. Running with Elegance and grace haha! And after having an amzing shower and a drink, Katarina picked me up and we went to the lake for some fun shoots and fun times. We did a lot of different shots with a friend of Katarina and I reckon, they gonna be amazing. Even though there is no real wedding for me ahead, at least I got some great shots and a really great time with some special people today 🙂 Without even paying a penny hehe. And even if I would love to pay for such a service. Today is the day where I am litterly broke as fuck. I have like ten dollars cash left. That’s it 🙂
But, tomorrow is Payday 🙂

See you next week folks!

Your DingyInternational
Felix