Am I a nomad?
I don't think about nomadism most of the time
We have the incredible ability to get used to good things and overcome the bad ones. As I mentioned in the last edition, nomadism trivializes the act of traveling. Today, I go further: nomadism trivializes the very act of being a nomad.
In the early months, I often used to think: "I am a nomad!" That thought occurs to me less and less now. Plenty of other priorities in work and personal life have turned nomadism into a routine.
Of course, not having a fixed home and traveling around is not trivial. It's not that I don't think about it. In fact, I am thinking about it a lot while writing this text. But it has been assimilated into a more extensive routine.
These days, I watched a documentary about grief that deeply impacted me. A 30-year-old filmmaker lost her best friend in the tragedy of Brumadinho (when a dam cracked and killed more than 270 people in the southeast of Brazil) and made a film about her process of dealing with the friend's death.
She mentioned that one day she had a leak in her house and couldn't find it urgent or important to fix immediately. "What is this compared to death?" Afterward, she reflects on her words. "But I also know that I can't find everything unimportant."
The opposite is valid for the life of a nomad. You can't find everything important. "Yay, I'm moving again!" "Oh great, another airplane trip!" or "How nice to live wherever and whenever I want!"
If I wanted to be an influencer, I would need to find everything more important. Or pretend that everything is more important than it actually is. Because I would need to have content all the time, and content created to get viral.
I also need to have content regularly in this newsletter, but the text can be more authentic. It often sounds like a personal diary read by more than 300 people.
The nomadic life has unforgettable experiences, exciting reflections, and difficult moments. And all of this you will continue to follow in No Direction Home.
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