There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile

It’s 4 weeks left…and I’m at that stage where I’ve started saying goodbye. As always, it kinda sux…there are different levels of goodbye:

Family – you’re not losing them, just going away for a while.

Close friends – you’re not losing them either, just going away for a while

Other friends – you’re not going to talk to them as much and you might not see them for years, just facebook them every now and then.

Acquaintances – you’ll lose touch with them, but it’s not a big deal.

And there are those you care about so much, but you know you might lose them by leaving. Those goodbyes are the ones that hurt. “See you when I see you..”

I’ve been going through boxes of old stuff today..papers, books, photos, school assignments etc..all from different chapters of my life so far. Every time I’ve finished school, or at the end of a holiday I get the same sentimental feeling. Like it’s all over and I’ll never get this time of my life back. There are people I won’t be seeing anymore, places I won’t go back to. Here it is again, this time it’s even more final cos I’m leaving pretty much everything and moving across the globe. Going through old stuff every now and then is good though, it makes you realize all the good times you had and how important those little things are. Every year you have different problems that at the time seemed to be huge and time consuming. A few years later they seem tiny and insignificant and they make you laugh, but they still had an impact on how you acted, how you felt and the choices you made.

I've been getting a lot of comments like "you're so brave moving across the world by yourself and leaving everything in Norway.." I'm not brave guys...it's not that scary either..it's just something that needs to be done..if I want to be happy and get where I want to be in life..well no one's going to do it for me..and thank God for that, cos that would take the fun out of it!The real world is what you make of it..just because you view life differently than your friends doesn't make "your bubble world" (as they like to phrase it) any less real..

"Når alt kommer til alt er det ingen som vet nok til å være pessimist"