1000 Days of Spring: Travelogue of a hitchhiker

by Tomislav Perko

Fuck school, fuck university: life is the best teacher you can ever have. Life is outside our borders: geographical, moral and traditional. When you travel, you’re forced to forget everything you’ve ever learnt, you’re forced to recognize the illusion created within you by society, family, school, church and tradition. When you travel, you’re completely free: there is no one to judge your actions, only you are the judge of your actions. That is the one thing you will find when travelling: the true you. You will find your answers once you accumulate enough life experience. You can read books, watch documentaries, have serious conversations with your friends in the smoky back room of The Jazz Club, but it won’t mean a thing, not until you head off and start learning by creating your own examples and making your own mistakes. Remember that.”

All that talk doesn't mean anything if you don't DO something. Don't go looking for excuses, advice or courage. You'll find it on your way, just like you've read in the book.”

“Scars are my favourite souvenirs, they don’t cost me anything and they save me the space in my backpack.”

What truly mattered was the passion with which you approached and lived life: were you actually living it or were you just passing by, not having enough time for the details, the small things, the miracles. In that case, you were only a passive observer, instead of being the star of the movie.

The need to take a step back, the need for an unknown environment, an environment where you’re unknown to the others, an environment where different rules applied. The need for answers that you have to look for yourself, forgetting everything you thought you already knew.

“Do your thing, in an honest way, the best way you can. Observe others, learn from them, but never think that you’re better or greater than someone. The only person you can be better or greater than is yourself. Because you’re the only person you know everything about.”

‘they’ll tell you about the sailing, those who’ve never raised an anchor.’

Someone walks into your life, turns it upside down and walks out leaving the door open. And years after that you are still the victim of those feelings, no matter how many times you repeat that those feelings are better gone.”