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Belgium, August 2021

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Bruges, August 2021

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Italy, July 2021

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Playing around

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Germany July, 2021

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Austria, June/July 2021

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More Croatia

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Croatia, June 2021

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Goodbye Sabbatical, Hello Life

Blog 08/04

Goodbye Sabbatical. Goodbye anxiety. Goodbye self-doubt.

What did I learn? A lot. I have learned about myself. I have learned about history, culture, civilization and I have learned that I am a tiny speck in the giant thing we call life. I have new life and opportunities awaiting me.

I know there is so much I don’t know. I know there is so much more I want to know. I want to learn more. I have re-awakened my curiosity. I was so afraid, so fearful. Now I am not. Now I am excited. Now I want to learn. I want to participate. I want to get out there and do things. I don’t need to hide anymore. I don’t need to try to take up less space anymore. I want to be loud, expressive, help people and do things..

  I need to have less screen time in my life. I heard multiple times from different European people that “Americans are always watching TV”, or “watching their shows”, or “Netflix and chilling”. I want to be more present in the world than I have been. I want to put my phone down and look. See a picture with my eyes, rather than live behind a camera and take pictures of life.

People saw me travel alone. They knew I was strong. They knew I was brave. I know it now, too. The difference is I had to feel it, experience it. Am I trying to brag or sound arrogant? No, I am just more aware now. I know we aren’t owed anything. We aren’t owed any time, or even tomorrow. So live your life. Say “Yes” to things. Say “No” to things too. Just be happy for today. Today is the present. It IS a present. Now I sound cheesy and lame. All I know is I recommend taking time off. I recommend walking away from your status quo, from the norm. I recommend flipping your world upside down. This trip was amazing. So much fun, so many experiences. So much life!

Love you all,

Clara

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Our favorite Brewery

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Reflections in Bruges

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Beer light. “Can you beer me that light?” 😉

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Beautiful pastry shop in Bruges.

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We got to wear cloth masks again in Belgium, in other countries it had to be a medical one similar to a N95