From Berlin to Brisbane: Searching for that temporary high

As I walked through the halls of the corporate building to the kitchen at work I reached up and grabbed my favourite coffee cup. Walking back it got me thinking how such a small gesture could bring me happiness. Then as I looked out at the building next door I wondered if it was the beautiful colours and patterns on the cup, or the caffeine hit. As I glanced at this building next door it sparked in me a resemblance to the gorgeous Berlin Cathedral. Instantly I craved to be there, to be anywhere except at work, at home. Anyone know the feeling?

We’re all for that temporary high aren’t we? Irrespective of if it’s from holidays, festivals, food, alcohol, caffeine, relationships; even the weekend, we’re all in search for that escape. That holiday we need from ‘reality’.

The older I got, the more trips I took and events I experienced, the more exposed I became to the comedown that is coming home. We see it everywhere, people talking about post-holiday, festival, weekend, whatever it is, FEELS. We’ve had this amazing opportunity, this incredible experience and now it’s over straight away we’re looking for the next hit we can get. Whether it’s a holiday from our ‘everyday’ lives, to see a person we can’t stand to be without; the next festival; even the weekend before the work week starts again.

Now I’ve reached a point in my life where things have changed. What was once the thrill of adding another addition to my wardrobe to wear clubbing of a weekend is now the thrill of packing the mere backpack of my belongings to travel the world. And being completely content with knowing that’s all I’ll ever need. What was once the excitement as I went interstate for a festival is now the state of complete euphoria as I plan my dream of gazing upon the Swiss Alps. I crave to be completely intoxicated with the views on my travels trekked in Canadian mountains rather than the upcoming Saturday. And as I stamp on my daily timesheet at work every day I’m not waiting on 5pm, as I know that I am working towards creating a life and a living where that stamp is on my passport.

Ofcourse my ideal life would involve particular people, in a not so particular place. But the important differentiation is that they would make my life even fuller, even happier. I am not unhappy only waiting for this time/people to come. I want to be working towards a life that if I knew that’s all there was to it, that’s all I’m ever going to do, that I would be content with that. Working towards my state of being, simply being happy. We have one very short, temporary life so why would you want to spend it any other way than permanently, wholeheartedly full? Or as close to as we can get. I want to ensure my life is spent being all that I ever feel I need it to be.

You aren’t happy BECAUSE of the things you’re doing with the people that you’re with, you’re happy because of who YOU feel you are when you’re doing those things with those people. Who you are in this place, your charisma, your mindset, your aura, you radiate because of you. And you have access to this every day. Don’t spend the little time you have only tolerating your life Monday to Friday only excited for forty-eight hours of your week.

You are drawn to the things you are for a reason. Find a way to create a life generated around what makes you spark.  Just make sure despite the path you’re on, you see life through the lens that’s going to make you love all of your life, not temporary experiences. Get as excited for, and appreciate, the beautiful, colourful coffee cup, just as you do that sweet coffee. Because the sooner you do, the happier you’ll be on your journey to grabbing that cup from a kitchen in Berlin.