It hasn't started yet

I will be going on a trip for a few months. I might be by myself, I might be with a friend. I might meet friends along the way, I might just end up not going all the way. I might actually finish the planned route, or I might give up along the way. I have never been on the road for such a long time. I didn’t think I would even do it.

During most of my free time, I am trying to get a publication system ready so that I can share my experiences, and even though it’s a problem that has been solved many times over, I can’t stop thinking maybe I can do it exactly the way I want it, in my mind I feel it would give me the reward to build my own tools, simple, lo-fi, uncomplicated. It’s an enticing proposition. In my line of work, it’s called yak shaving; spending time figuring out solved problems. Maybe I’ll end up procrastinating on the important parts until the very end.

There are things that I have been told can get complicated, or I need to keep an eye out for. For example, Norwegian trains get full in summer, so I better book early since I am going in peak season. Or, the travel insurance that I might need to buy. Or the bike maintenance equipment that I will need to work with. I haven’t done any of that.

I also wanted to write about my process of preparation itself, that also hasn’t really started panning out yet.

Maybe it’s time...

Hamburg, Germany