With Sparks of Hope about to release, I don’t get much free time for me. There’s too much to do or to follow at the end of a project that it’s hard to really rest, especially mentally. I don’t know about you, but for sure I’m unable to let it go until I know that everything is settled and everything is going smoothly, and the problem it’s exactly that, it’s never smooth. In my plane of existence, there’s always something which is not clicking, something to review, to adjust, a problem to solve, a lateness to catch up. My plane of existence is very tiring and I’m sure I am fully contributing to making it harder for myself. I’m sure I’m not alone in making it harder for me, but for sure I’m part of it. I’m saying this because I believe I should learn to let it go. Easy to understand, hard to put it in practice. Resting is important. Taking time for yourself is important. Spending quality time with the people you love and your passions, is important. The time spent taking time for yourself, it’s time that brings clear benefit even in your life, and work is part of everyone’s life (well, at least most of us), because it’s not the amount of decision you need to take what is really important, but the quality of those decisions.
Futuristic Business Man - Piazza Mercanti, Milano, Italia
So, strolling around a city without a precise goal is exactly what I mean by letting it go. Taking the time to curiously exploring a place you never saw, checking on people habits, smiling to someone passing by, taking photos, is what I need to let it go and slow down the rhythm at which I’m used to live. If I look around myself, I see many colleagues and friends going through the same things, and If I broaden my sight even more, the situation is not getting any better, it’s getting worst (videogame industry can be very harsh, but I consider myself very, very lucky to have this job).
My father checking the phone. Castello Visconteo Sforzesco - Vigevano (Pv) Italia.
But why I’m saying all of that? Some days ago I stumbled upon some videos on YouTube, of an Italian couple (Stepsover) who is travelling around the world with a motorhome and it looks like they are having the time of their life. Yes, it’s not easy for them and yes, they must pay attention to every cent they are spending, but it must be also a very enriching experience, and this is exactly what I’m trying to get every time I go out taking photos: searching something new, something unusual, something surprising. After all, what we see and live, is what make us who we are and what we tell to others through other forms: dialogues, written stories, vlogs, books, movies, videogames.
