Another day, another train

Some days remind me how unusual my weeks are. Just Wednesday morning I was still in Austria, travelling back to Switzerland to work a couple of nights. And today already again I am on the road from Switzerland to Holland, to spend the days around New Years with my family and friends. It has been about 4 years back for the last time that I was in Holland in this period of the year.

On the other hand, is this even that crazy? It always feels to me that because in Europe the distances are so small and all countries are so close by each other, it feels like we are travelling a world journey. While for instance in the States these kinds of distances are almost part of the daily travel to work. So what am I complaining about?

Nothing really actually, I am having a super chill ride with editing some stuff, having a chitchat with the girl sitting across from me, and listening to music. When reaching Holland some friends are waiting for me, and where I will be sleeping tonight is still a mystery. Not because I have no choice, the plan is just still vague.

Is this then sort of the life as a digital nomad? Even while you have a home base (or two) where you go back to? What I do know, is that all of this hopping around I am certainly not getting any more organized. I almost overslept my train this morning, I had nothing packed so I had to do this in 5 minutes, on the other hand, what do you actually NEED if you are gone for a couple of days. Not much actually.

So what is the problem then actually? I guess that I don’t like the feeling of being so disorganized. Normally I am also kind of chaotic, but I am never bothered by it, because I know exactly how in the end everything will go. But now my head feels like a cloud and all over the place at the same time. I am distracted and that is not my kind of ballgame, those are the moments when stuff happens. On the other hand, when not much happens I also get distracted, then the head starts to wander off.

First world problems I would call them! Because realistically what is the issue now. I have a roof over my head, food on the table, and am on my way to people who I love. Exactly, there is no problem. Let me shut down this computer and stare out of the window the rest of this trip to let that mind wander off even a bit more.