This week has been rather wistful? I’m not sure if that’s exactly it, but it feels like a conclusion of sorts and I’m not entirely sure why it feels so very dramatic. After the next newsletter, I’ll be living for the next few months in another continent. This, as you know, has been in the works for a long time. And it’s only for 3-ish months.
Yet, when I go to work, I seem to say “this is the last time, I’ll be doing this list for a while”. People also respond in kind: the people I work with on the weekend told me they’d miss me and goodbye. There is some air of finality that I can’t quite explain and it’s making me miss things that haven’t actually ended yet.
It’s good in a way: it’s very much a counter to the “you only miss things when they’re gone” phenomena. I do find that it’s been a nice pattern-interrupt to the status quo. Even if it’s something as simple as riding a tram to work, I ended up enjoying it knowing that this wasn’t going to be something I could do for months. Even going for lunch with my parents today to my favourite kebab restaurant was just more memorable as a result.
All this begs the question, should we all be doing this a bit more frequently? If changing things up for a short while makes you appreciate what you have so much more, isn’t that something worth doing?
Would love to hear your thoughts on this, so please do hit reply and let me know.
Other things this week:
- As you’ll see in Cool Finds, I found a very specific gadget that I’ve been after for 8+ years and I’m a bit ecstatic that I managed to get it on EOFY sales too!
- Did my last on-call for the year 🥳🥳🥳
- Officially handed over a large chunk of my work portfolio to others
It’s also finally dawning on me that unlike other trips, I’m away for 3 MONTHS and will need to ACTUALLY pack a checked luggage bag. So far, I have been able to get away with just a carry-on but this trip feels like I’ll need more than that.