Transition Flight

As I sit on the plane that is taking me back to Switzerland, concluding my Bostonian experience, I reflect on the transformation that I have gone through over the past couple of months. You joke that I keep it moving and that it’s hard to keep up with me. I just like to keep you on your toes. Maybe some think that I am half crazy and unstable, but in your eyes, sometimes, I detect a tiny little spark of envy!

Friends recently told me that they would love to spend a day in my shoes – that it would be a memorable experience. That was after I told them that before moving out of Bay Street, I had bought a “moving kit“ from U-Haul and the kit was so big that I had to put it on the back seat of my Mini Cooper and drive home with the top down by freezing cold weather, acting like everything was normal while stuck in traffic. This incident actually sums up my life pretty well: not so logical, not always comfortable, slightly absurd but always adventurous!

My point is, I’ve gone through a lot of illogical and silly phases to the eyes of many, but really everything pretty much came on time and in an order that, at times, made a lot of sense to me. It began many months ago when I just couldn’t take my job any longer, when Boston didn’t feel like the place to be anymore, when a long-time relationship abruptly ended and when I was feeling pain in my abdomen again. It was time for a drastic change.

But when you decide that everything you are currently doing is not in line with your beliefs any longer, it’s hard to figure out where to start. So, there were trials and errors.

One thing that I learned in Sedona was that it is pointless to try to “figure things out”. No good. You gotta “feel things out.” That’s the key to making the right decisions. So here it is guys: I’m moving back to Switzerland because it’s what feels right, right now.

In terms of jobs, I have absolutely no idea what I’ll be doing and where. We shall see what comes my way. I already received leads for opportunities from some of you and I’m very thankful for that. Keep them coming! ;)

I want to go back to school I told you. That, I still want to do. But guess what? I changed my mind on the subject… After reading many, many, maaaaaaaaaany books, I feel like the environment is a calling. There is so much to do to save our planet. But I also read mind-blowing books about spirituality, sociology, business, meditation, sustainable business, etc. I feel that there is a need to look at the environment and the way we interact with it in a more holistic manner.

I didn’t think there existed such a Master somewhere until Silke came across a program offered by JFK University called “Integral Study.” It’s the study of pretty much everything I’m interested in that prepares you for a new approach on either politics, health, religion or business. So that’s the next step, prepare myself for politics. Unless… I have a change of mind!

In the short term, I have no plans for what I will be doing. The only thing I know is that my parents are picking me up in a few hours at the airport in Geneva. I like that plan. It’s been a while since I was picked up at the airport in Switzerland. It’s a nice feeling of coming home.