I but spent 3 together with a one-half months living inward a tiny , rural , secluded hamlet inward the northward of Republic of Iceland , together with I learnt a lot of things.
Even though I've been a rattling lazy updater of this mammoth adventure , I learnt a lot of really interesting things , together with I'd similar to part those things amongst yous now. I'm sitting inward an storey inward London together with non a lot is happening together with I experience similar I tin flaming breathe. Peppered throughout this are about pictures I took amongst my parents when they came to catch , which I volition post well-nigh at a after appointment (when my caput is less confused).
1. We've got to halt romanticising Iceland
Every non-Icelander I talked to - together with , yep , I did this at root also - seems to intend Republic of Iceland is this magical house of fairies together with whimsy together with people who are infinitely welcoming together with sort together with believe inward elves. For the most business office , this is true. However , Icelandic people are really , yous know , but people. As much equally yous tin flaming catch for a calendar week together with marvel at the amazing landscape , this is a harsh environs together with these people are tough. Especially when yous verbalize to people who alive out of Reykjavik , you'll honour they possess got a difficult life. Like , really hard. There are things that I intend are slap-up well-nigh Republic of Iceland inward full general (their civilisation is sexual practice positive , they possess got slap-up access to data , Jon Gnarr is a pretty flawless illustration of leadership) but we're therefore wrapped upward inward thinking well-nigh Republic of Iceland together with its people equally perfect , that nosotros forget that it's a existent house amongst existent people.
2. You've got to become to Iceland
No truly. Maybe this flies inward the appear upward of what I but wrote (I'm non sure) , but you've got to become there. Don't become in that place to wander through the streets of Reykjavik to purchase the same ho-hum puffin-themed memorabilia that every other tourist does , but acquire out. I'd strongly recommend hiring a machine therefore yous tin flaming become at your ain measuring together with , if yous tin flaming , create the Ring Road. Go to the Westfjords. Visit about of their quirky museums. Go on the biggest glacier inward Europe. Wander through lava fields. Stand behind a waterfall together with acquire swept upward inward how impossibly magical it is to create all these things inward 2 weeks. Talk to the people that alive in that place , non because you've been told how sort together with sweetness Icelanders are , but because you're inward their province together with they know to a greater extent than than you.
3. Mother Nature is - literally - the baddest bitch ever.
Listen to the scissure of a glacier calving , together with therefore lookout adult man that slice of H2O ice drift out to bounding main together with acquire washed upward on the beach. Look at lava formations that resemble animals together with cartoons. Feel insignificant equally the Northern Lights are working their magic overhead. Forget well-nigh your ain sordid problems for , similar , 15 minutes together with retrieve that there's cypher inward the earth that beats this. That's a fact.
4. Prioritise inventiveness higher upward $$$
Being inward London for the concluding 2 days together with catching upward amongst Londoners I haven't seen since March , they all had the same question: "what did yous possess got away from your fourth dimension inward Iceland? What did yous learn?"
Don't experience the pressure level to graduate high schoolhouse or academy together with and therefore plug your fourth dimension away at a desk chore yous hate. Stop trying to brand coin for the sake of acquiring coin , together with but exit into the earth together with alive cheaply together with brand things yous love. Most importantly , brand fourth dimension for inventiveness , which is in all likelihood the most of import matter you've got , together with the hardest to acquire dorsum 1 time it's 'lost'.
I've never been able to wake upward together with but hold upward creative , all solar daytime , every day. I mightiness non always acquire that gamble over again , together with I mightiness non acquire it over again for a long time. If you've got a calendar week , a solar daytime , or an hr , dedicate that to feeding your inner-child together with but making materials for the sake of making stuff. Some days I painted for 10 hours , other days I wrote 5000 give-and-take curt stories , eventually I penned xl ,000 words toward a novel. Do materials on a whim spell yous can.
5. Humble yourself
Legit. Learn something from everybody. Recognise that , equally smart together with clever equally yous intend yous are , everybody knows materials yous don't know together with you're wasting your fourth dimension if you're non learning from them. If mortal wants to exhibit yous how they grow algae (true event) , become upward to their lab together with run into it. Get interested. If mortal wants to part their sordid , depressing failed dear stories amongst yous for vi hours (true event) , listen.
By the same token , don't hold upward embarrassed to part yourself amongst people. Don't intend that whatever story or science yous possess got isn't worth showing off , because it is. People are interested inward people who are interesting , therefore hold upward interesting together with and therefore hold upward willing to exhibit people how interesting yous are.
