As we near the middle of February I realize that its almost a month since I started my new job and flew over 800 nautical miles away from home. Home where I left my newlywed wife, our recently acquired pug puppy and all my luxuries and comfortable life in the city. The initial week was amazing, everything was so new, and at that stage I had traveled to two new countries in Africa, and the whole experience was fresh and exciting. The same thing occurred the first week in Zambia, everything was new, exciting, I had to find out how everything operates, exploring my new surroundings and what was expected of me daily.

However the daily challenges have become a standard routine, the flying has slowed down to a set route flown twice weekly and what is left now is my 500 step walk from my usual accommodation to the desk where I sit and study to keep my mind active until the next flight rolls around. Don’t get me wrong I’m not complaining about my job, the flying is still exciting and it is my passion, but you have to wait every week for the time to fly, and in between conversation is limited to the one house mate who you see for breakfast, lunch and maybe 2 hours after dinner.

So it was a very sudden hard realization for myself to realize how much I miss my wife and home, how I feel a lack of connection to myself. Exercising was easy at home, my wife and I would get in the car and head to Crossfit together and it was something fun we enjoyed together, here I don’t have that. Three times a week when I wake up I take a 30 minute or longer run depending on what my schedule allows, the three days in between I visit the gym on site, which is no bigger than a five by five meter box with some weights.

So after my ramblings and taking stock of what I have and need, I have started meditating to try and find myself and gather my thoughts. I’m hoping that taking between 15 to 30 minutes a day to go through a quiet meditation to try take stock of my spiritual and emotional well being I can get to a point where I am happy and can clearly see where having chosen the path I am on will lead to my successfully achieving my goals.

Thank you for reading my ramblings, and I’ll leave you with my mantra for today;

May I be happy,
 May I be safe,
 May I be Healthy,
 May I be at Peace.