who never even got the chance to travel as a journalist or photojournalist to cover an event abroad, to take a little trip around the world like I saw my colleagues do

Having seen a little of your tremendous skill, may I just say...what a fucking waste. You would make a brilliant traveling journalist. Just something that seems incredibly suited for you. I loved how you turned from melancholia to a more joyful celebration of life and its strangeness and absurdity and unexpected, wonderful gifts.

It's not an easy thing, living with the absence of what you had hoped for for yourself. And it's certainly not an easy thing finding a way to rise above that - yay to your bicycle for helping you out of that, and here's to many more kilometers ;)