Doing something on your own without knowing how to do it, where it will be and what it will be like, is challenging and overwhelming. While you can say that nothing is unknown with the aid of the internet when your Google Maps decide not to help you while you’re lost, trying to figure out the way to Abu Dhabi Golf Club from Dubai, you’re screwed. You wish that the step-by-step voice directions would suddenly come back to life. I reached my destination after two hours (Dubai to Abu Dhabi usually takes only 45 minutes).

A few hours ago I was telling myself, “Stupid! Stupid! The sign said left, but you still insisted on making a right, and now you’re stuck on Sheikh Khalifa Highway and following the direction towards Abu Dhabi when you should look for a sign that says Dubai so you can go back to Yas Island and figure it out from there”. I reached the end of Sheikh Khalifa Highway, went to Saadiyat Island because I had no choice and saw where the Louvre of Abu Dhabi would be in 2015. Yeah, in 2015 Louvre of Abu Dhabi will open and I thought, will I still be here in the UAE?

I took a couple of days off of work. The first thing I did after checking in, is to get a bottle of champagne. After a couple of glasses, I realized that it (life, work, etc.) wouldn’t change. It doesn’t matter how many breaks I take from work, I will still hate it.

How does one find peace? If I were to answer it in one sentence it would be, “you look for peace in everything you do, good or bad, and you make it happen”.

Today, I called home to talk to my parents, wished my dad a happy birthday and told them about some of the things that have been going on with me.

I look at the bird in the painting on the wall, and I think, have I explored enough? I’m almost thirty, and I’ve travelled (poorly in my opinion). I like doing familiar things. I’m stuck in my comfort zone. I am deafened by the silence of the room I’m in. All I hear is the clicking sound my keyboard makes as I type. I stopped typing, and it becomes more silent, not only was my room empty but so was my mind.