Be proud

Technically, the first day of Lunar New Year is almost over, and to be honest to myself, I wasn't in the mood to celebrate, partly because I'm not surrounded by the hyper atmosphere in Vietnam, yet right now I am in a faraway land of Melbourne - Australia, where it just happens to be any other ordinary day of these 365 days.

Although in my last entry, I felt that New Year has begun in a positive manner, lately, I find myself trapped in depressed state.

I doubt.

Doubtful of myself.

Tons of questions like 'what can I do?', 'why am I doing this, not that?', 'where am I heading for?', etc. keep echoing in my mind. It's like nothing seem to work.

The songs on my playlists are not upbeat.
The motivation to follow dreams is poor.
Self-esteem is low.
Boredom has become my new friend.

I was hesitated to note down my screaming thoughts. I was reluctant to get an escape exit.

I know that is not right. Lucky enough, again, reading blogs is my therapy; and this inspiring article found its way to my desperate me.

Well, of course the energy cannot be fully recharged just by an article, however, what it did to me, (again), is telling me that it's okay to be imperfect, that it's not wrong to feel blue, that I can be proud of myself for even the smallest things I have.

Yeah, be proud.

At least I am proud that no matter how stuck I may be, I do always remember to smile.

Travel writer: YES or NO?

It has always been a huge challenge for me to follow the quote by Ray Bradbury, ‘Love what you do and do what you love.’ I find myself hook into too many interests, and that has, at times, made me insane of which path to choose when it comes to long term career.

Looking back at the photos from my vacations, I feel a push to keep exploring the world out there in the near future. And suddenly there is a voice at the back of my head asking if that can be a serious job, getting paid to travel. So I started to google, then various options popped up, the one which caught my eyes was ‘how to become a travel writer freelancer’. At that time, I literally can’t wait to make a practical plan and list down all the things need to be done. I’m just raring to go.

I believe most of us love to travel, say, who can really resist of the beauty of a place and the hidden stories behind a territory. Well, I can’t say I am one hundred percent positive about this option, however, according to my own motto, ‘You will never know if you don’t try’; I spent quite a few hours to do some research. Some pages tend to sugarcoat the perspective of quitting your current job and getting paid to travel, the others happen to be pretty brutally honest about this whole writing to live.

1. It’s not just Resign and Go
I myself have gone to a point where I just want to give up on my current job, write up a resignation letter and hope the future will be better in some ‘faraway’ land, in some new destination. Yet when I calm down, I know it’s just a spur-of-the-moment decision. Undoubtedly, it would lead me nowhere great if I am not well-prepared. Fair enough.

2. Professionalism as always

The rule of thumb in any occupations is that certain amount of knowledge is needed in order to handle the job decently. Producing a piece of good article is not a piece of cake. The ability to catch the audience's interest immediately with informative yet intriguing content is not something that can be acquired overnight.

3. Get set, go

So yeah, I told myself that I have to start it right now or never. 

Read this.

Also this.

and write.

Now off I go :)