At the ripe old age of 49 I have lived through many doomsday predictions that failed to manifest. The most publicised of these being the millennium bug scare 1999/2000 and the Mayan calendar predictions of the Apocalypse in 2012. Hmmm, indeed and really?
In this blog I will share my thoughts and actions at the time of the Y2K new millennium freak out of 1999/2000, and share with you the journey I embarked on as a result.
It was definitely the end of my world as I knew it!
Prologue
A
brief synopsis of the chain of events which led to me completely changing my life and adopting the
title of the Intrepid Traveller Extraordinaire aka …The Lesser
Spotted Backpacker
1st January 2000 – Belfast N. Ireland
Thankfully,
the world did not dissolve/explode/change as we know it as soon as
the clock struck midnight on 31st
December. I did however, take Prince's advice to party like it was 1999 and;
a) It might be my last night as a free earth dweller b) The known world might imploded in on itself
c) People could start falling out of the sky as aeroplane navigation and aerodynamic capabilities failed miserably.
Woke up with a
hangover, followed by relief at lack of world
destruction, and an incredible feeling of, “My god, I’m 32yrs old
with another year of boredom stretching out before me.” What to do
to address such a conundrum?
Two
choices;
- Sell home, leave job, move to London to pursue singing/acting career.
- Sell home, leave job, travel the world.
Congratulations
on deciding to celebrate your liberty, the lack of world destruction and enter yet another phase of your life and choosing
option 1.
August
2001 - London England
33yrs
of age
Overweight
Boring
dead end job
Alone
in London with no social life
Nil
success on singing/acting career
Two
Choices;
1)
Change my life
2)
Remain embedded in the status Quo
Congratulations
you have chosen option 1 and in the words of the all immortal Status
Quo*…lets go Rockin all Over the World!
This
is my cue to take a year off and travel to exotic places
*70’s/80’s
UK,iconic rock band (it’s amazing what you can achieve with 4
chords…just ask the Beatles).
N.B. So, how did these chain of events chance my life as I'd known it?
I finally found the courage I'd been looking for for many years to do something I'd always wanted to do but had been to scared to initiate...TRAVEL :)
N.B. So, how did these chain of events chance my life as I'd known it?
I finally found the courage I'd been looking for for many years to do something I'd always wanted to do but had been to scared to initiate...TRAVEL :)
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