🇬🇧 Sense of belonging

There’s a Gotthard’s song which starts saying:

“I've been lost and found, run out of grace

Felt the city's cold embrace, and I learned the hard way

How it feels to be lonely

I've seen perfect skies, turn into grey

Had my dreams all washed away

And I realised what I wanted was already mine

I'm back to where I belong

Been a long time gone, now it feels like home”

It’s a love song, but this first part can help us to think about so many things. Pay attention you’re reading the words of a nomad. 

I’ll consider this sense of belonging from three points of view in this post.

1. Sense of belonging and work-life balance: for this point I must say this balance is about to organise the 24 hours we have daily in a way we can work, eat, sleep and have time to practice self-development, to meet friends, to have a time with quality with our family, to practice a foreign language and sports, and to enjoy art and culture, etc. I believe we are made to practice continuous self improvement. And technology is giving us all tools to dedicate more time for this than to any less relevant activity. All the points I mentioned above are important to find the balance. We must know ourselves, practicing self-awareness everyday. Without this we’ll never find our individual balance.
2. Sense of belonging and personal style: once more, self awareness is important. If you’re not aware about who you are, anything a professional or even an influencer with zero knowledge on the fashion industry says will satisfy you. This is “comfortable” sometimes, but keeps you distant from THAT image expressing your best self. When we find that style that express who we are without the need to speak, this is a great experience. Of course the person must be a bit bold to embrace such a strong style. Those people who have a common style, who don’t shine in the crowd even when their clothes are discreet, are people with a weak personality. 
3. Sense of belonging and inner peace: the perfect place would be somewhere like that village close to Hogwarts, where only wizards live (if you’re a wizard). But the world is big and while I don’t find such a perfect place, I try to be close to the “perfect” people. Those who are open minded, eager to learn, to exchange ideas and experiences and creative. From my experience I noticed most small towns are not the best place for creative people as people tend to be too conservative. In big cities although the number of conservative people is big, the chances to find people with this profile are bigger than in small places. And... we have the internet and opportunities to travel to build this network of interesting people all the time! Considering this, there’s no doubt I don’t believe we belong to some specific place. We are born in some place, but we can have a mindset very different from that people and... we become nomads! Finding new friends and professional opportunities everywhere. For this, cultural richness is very important. Cultural nomads belong to themselves and this is freedom.

Nycka, the nomad