I made it to Kathmandu. The flights weren’t really that bad and getting through customs and to the guesthouse was much easier than I anticipated it being. It feels like a much poorer version of China or Thailand. I think I’ll be really grateful when the meditation retreat starts on Friday. It’s not going to take me long to feel totally over Thamel where I’m staying in Kathmandu. Once the retreat is over I plan to head to Pokhara. I can bum around there for a while and find somewhere to stay. It looks really beautiful and is hopefully more peaceful than Kathmandu.

I slept for a couple hours when I got here, but I’m super tired right now. I’m grateful I get to go to bed. Maybe I’ll even manage to get my sleep schedule back on track a bit. That would be a miracle. I suppose I’m in need of one, though.

It’s time. Time to stop running and face my fears. It’s time to really consider what my dreams are and what I want my life to look like. It’s time to heal from the trauma in my 20s and let that go. It’s something that happened to me, it doesn’t define who I am. I’m a fun, vibrant young(ish) man who’s got an amazing life ahead of me. I need to start living it and getting serious about how that’s going to unfold. The world is my oyster!