I am ULRIKA:) and I am the CAPTAIN on SARANTIUM!
I always dreamed of doing something special.
I knew the ocean was my special place. I have always felt a sense of peace when I am away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
The dream of sailing away began to take shape a few years ago, when I first started saying out loud:
“I want to sail home.”
At first, it was almost just a thought — something I would say without really knowing what it meant.
But the more I said it, the more real it became.
Eventually, I sold my home.
Then my furniture.
Then my stuff.
And finally, I pulled anchor and headed south.
I have given myself the next five to ten years to step outside the “culture box” that tells us what we should do, how we should live, what we should want, and even how we should think.
There was a strong need in me to step away from the system I had been living within.
The thankless job.
The increasingly high bills.
The constant upkeep.
The endless chasing of activities.
The subtle pressure to belong.
And that sense of belonging we all crave — in places where culture can quietly put us into societal boxes that don’t necessarily create authentic connections between human beings.
I wanted to take myself out of that environment and see what happened.
What would change within me if I removed myself from so much of what had always surrounded me?
Who would I become if I stopped measuring my life against the expectations of the culture around me?
Could I think differently?
Could I live differently?
Could I discover what I am actually capable of when there is no familiar structure telling me what comes next?
I wanted to get to the edge.
Not because I wanted to escape life, but because I wanted to experience it differently.
I wanted to challenge myself.
I wanted to learn.
I wanted to grow.
I am done with easy.
I want the kind of work that asks something of me — not work for someone else, but work for my own personal growth.
There is something powerful about removing yourself from the noise and discovering how little you actually need.
The fewer distractions there are, the more clearly you hear yourself.
And perhaps that is what I have been looking for all along.
Not a destination.
Not even necessarily an answer.
Just enough space to hear my own thoughts.
Enough distance to question the things I once accepted without thinking.
Enough uncertainty to discover what I am capable of.
Mostly, I want to slow down.
Really slow down.
I want to notice the wind.
The weather.
The changing colour of the water.
The people I meet.
The places I anchor.
The conversations that happen unexpectedly.
The days when nothing happens at all.
I want to live without constantly feeling that I should be somewhere else, doing something else, achieving something else.
I want to be present for my own life.
Maybe that is what sailing away really means to me.
It isn’t about leaving everything behind.
It is about creating enough space to finally see what is worth carrying forward.
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