{"id":2004,"date":"2015-12-12T14:01:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T03:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robscamino.com\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2026-02-25T17:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:59:41","slug":"camino-189-days-6-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/camino-189-days-6-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Camino + 189 Days (6 months)"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s Changed?<\/h1>\n

Not Much…<\/p>\n

I really enjoy looking back on this Blog.\u00a0 It brings back very clearly the emotions and feelings at the time I was walking.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s also valuable to re-read the ‘Post Camino’\u00a0\u00a0Blog posts, as it helps me assess where I was at, and where I thought I was heading…..against where I\u00a0actually am now.<\/p>\n

So what’s changed?<\/strong>\u00a0 I’ve been home 6 months now.<\/p>\n

Not much to be honest<\/span>.\u00a0 Those post Camino thoughts and emotions are still very much alive.\u00a0 These were my thoughts 78 days ago. https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/more-post-camino-reflections\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Even though at the end of the Camino, I felt like I’d had enough and just wanted to get home.\u00a0 The yearning to be back there didn’t take long to emerge.\u00a0 And it’s still strong.\u00a0 Many people warned me that would happen.<\/p>\n

I don’t think it’s actually physically walking the Camino that pulls me.\u00a0 It’s more the emotional state that it creates.\u00a0 That wonderful feeling of peace and calm.\u00a0 Of not rushing.\u00a0 Of not having to be anywhere or meet any deadlines.\u00a0 To just ‘be’, <\/em>and\u00a0enjoy the moment.\u00a0 I’m not sure the same emotional state could be created by just sitting on a beach somewhere.\u00a0 In fact for me I know it couldn’t.\u00a0 I was actually doing that last week in Boracay in the Philippines!<\/p>\n

No, the Camino becomes the ‘vehicle’ for these things to happen.\u00a0 It provides an over riding purpose and a relaxed ‘rhythm of life’ which then allows us to think, appreciate, learn,\u00a0accept, share, enjoy…..<\/p>\n

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What Next?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A\u00a0fear that I had, in walking the Camino alone, was that I would somehow be changed.\u00a0 And yet those remaining at home would not be changed or indeed not even understand my change.\u00a0 \u00a0 That could cause problems of course.\u00a0 And that’s a reality.\u00a0\u00a0It happens.\u00a0 Be prepared for that, if and when you walk your own Camino.\u00a0 You will<\/span> change.<\/p>\n

But I hope the changes in me are\u00a0for the better.\u00a0 I’m certainly calmer.\u00a0 Less stressed.\u00a0 Less worried about the day to day.\u00a0 Much more accepting of whatever lays ahead.\u00a0 Almost like the Doris Day song, Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)!\u00a0\u00a0 I know this can be irritating for others around me \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I’m still not as Social as I was before.\u00a0 Not that I was ever a great Socialite!\u00a0 I enjoy peaceful time alone.\u00a0 Again, this can leave loved ones wondering ….<\/p>\n

Am I happier?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0\u00a0 And I’ll be happier still as I move towards the Goals I reflected on whilst walking.<\/p>\n

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  1. Locking in a date to ‘semi’ retire’.\u00a0 Check.<\/li>\n
  2. Locking in another extended\u00a0holiday with Pat my wife.\u00a0 Check.<\/li>\n
  3. Working on my businesses, to prepare them for others to take over at ‘some time’ in the future.\u00a0 Check.<\/li>\n
  4. Working on losing weight and getting fitter.\u00a0 Hmmm.\u00a0 That’s a work in progress \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Blues are still there a bit though.\u00a0 I talked about the Post Camino Blues here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Am I glad I walked the Camino de Santiago?<\/h2>\n

    Heck Yes!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    It was without doubt the most inspiring and at times, challenging thing I have done in my life.\u00a0 And I have done a lot<\/span> of those I promise you.<\/p>\n

    It is a truly life changing experience<\/em>.\u00a0 If you are even remotely thinking about doing it.\u00a0 Do it!<\/p>\n

    I’ve talked to a few people since I returned who are thinking about walking the Camino.\u00a0 Many Australians know about it.\u00a0\u00a0 I envy them.\u00a0 I envy that intensity of emotion of the first few days walking that will hit them.\u00a0\u00a0I felt like I was walking on air or had landed on another planet in a dream.\u00a0\u00a0 I was ‘here’, really here…..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps subsequent Caminos can be like that too.<\/p>\n

    I don’t think anything can really prepare you for your first Camino.\u00a0 Sure you can train and prepare.\u00a0 But it’s really an emotional journey not a physical one.\u00a0 And I don’t think anything\u00a0can prepare you for that.<\/p>\n

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    I mentioned a few times in my videos and Blog Posts whilst walking, that the Camino felt like the beginning<\/span> of something.\u00a0 A lesson in life.\u00a0 Or preparation for my remaining life’s journey.\u00a0 I need to remember that!\u00a0\u00a0 And not just day dream about being back in the middle of Northern Spain, walking through a beautiful landscape to my next Caf\u00e9 Con Leche.<\/p>\n

    I mustn’t squander the lessons.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

    Day by day I need to make sure I practice what I learnt along that walk.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

    And who knows, maybe, just maybe, the rest of my life can become one long Camino?<\/em><\/p>\n

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