Is your brain begging for space?

How to Find Yourself (Without a Breakdown)

Last week, I traveled alone.

No polar ice.

No survival suits.

Just a city, a notebook, and enough time to remember who I am when no one’s watching.

I walked around London with no agenda, visiting small cafés, browsing second-hand bookstores, drifting into vintage shops, letting my senses lead the way.

Textures, colours, music, smells.

The hum of the city.

I wasn’t chasing productivity, I was following curiosity.

And here’s what I remembered:

You don’t always need an extreme expedition to shake something loose.

Sometimes, all it takes is a different rhythm.

A slower pace.

A day without a plan.

That quiet shift, away from schedules, from expectations, from your algorithm-fed world, can unlock a kind of creativity and clarity that’s hard to access when you’re stuck in your loop.

This wasn’t an escape. It was a recalibration.

Not a retreat from performance, but a return to the kind of life that fuels it.

We talk a lot about pushing boundaries.

But sometimes, expansion starts with something as simple as sipping coffee in a new neighborhood with your phone in your bag and your mind wide open.

Thanks for reading 🖤,

Aitana

When was the last time you wandered without a goal, and let your life surprise you?