It all happened so fast. In 72 hours, to be exact. Nepal was descending into a crisis, and if I wanted to leave before being stuck there indefinitely, I had to get out within 3 days.
So I did.
This is the account of my experience needing to uproot my life at a moment's notice and travel from the village in Nepal to my home in the USA, all during an acutely severe pandemic.
Reading time: 10 minutes
Welcome to the Notebook series. These are stories from my time abroad, each connected to one main take-away that I learned during those years.
Read the preceding Notebook posts here: INTRO // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10 // 11 // 12
This post contains the conclusion to the Notebook series.
Reading time: 4 minutes
Welcome to the Notebook series. These are stories from my time abroad, each connected to one main take-away that I learned during those years.
Read the preceding Notebook posts here: INTRO // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10 // 11
This post contains the story for the insight: "Enjoy the present. It is all that we have," titled, "The Plan is No Plan."
Reading time: 3 minutes
Welcome to the Notebook series. These are stories from my time abroad, each connected to one main take-away that I learned during those years.
Read the preceding Notebook posts here: INTRO // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10
This post contains the story for the insight: "Whatever we go through is not personal, not permanent, and has good in it," titled, "His Advice."
Reading time: 3 minutes
Welcome to the Notebook series. These are stories from my time abroad, each connected to one main take-away that I learned during those years.
Read the preceding Notebook posts here: INTRO // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9
This post contains the story for the insight: "True joy comes from inner wisdom, not from following what you think others want you to do," titled, "Mandalas of the Path."
Reading time: 4 minutes
Welcome to the Notebook series. These are stories from my time abroad, each connected to one main take-away that I learned during those years.
Read the preceding Notebook posts here: INTRO // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8
This post contains the story for the insight: "Everyone and everything are impermanent," titled, "Karma Rabrib."
Reading time: 4 minutes
Welcome to the Notebook series. These are stories from my time abroad, each connected to one main take-away that I learned during those years.
Read the preceding Notebook posts here: INTRO // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7
This post contains the story for the insight: "If we were in other people's shoes, we would be doing exactly what they are doing, because then we would be them," titled, "Nui."
Reading time: 5 minutes
Welcome to the Notebook series. These are stories from my time abroad, each connected to one main take-away that I learned during those years.
Read the preceding Notebook posts here: INTRO // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6
This post contains the story for the insight: "Compassion is the key to happiness," titled, "Politics From Afar."
Reading time: 5 minutes
