Is this the end? 🐝

Reflecting on my journey, I still remember 1 year ago when I was packing my things in full panic mode (Of course I would leave packing for a few hours before my flight).

I would collect my stuff, curious about what was about to follow. Many of my acquaintances and friends back then, would ask me what exactly I would do and if I would be able to spend a year in a place like Bergolo. Even during the year, when I was interacting with people from different Erasmus+ projects who would come to Bergolo for a week or two, they would ask me how I would manage a year away from home.

However, I managed to stay for a year and gain knowledge and experience that would correspond to 3 or even 4 years of my human existence. I developed my social media skills, familiarized myself with various office tools, and even learned how to organize and facilitate workshops. At the same time, I was introduced to the principles of permaculture and, based on them, I participated in the creation of 2 didactic gardens. Also, I learned to cooperate with people from different countries. In fact, with people who had different habits and cultures from my own. Coexistence between us was not always dreamlike! Within the program, there were frictions and tensions. But all this contributed to us coming closer together and developing our interpersonal skills. In fact, several of these people (but mostly my fellow co-volunteers and cordinators) have been a support for me and many times I felt like I was with my family 🤗

Among all these experiences, I have also had the opportunity to become independent, to get to know the world (both internal and external) better, to take initiatives and to develop aspects of myself. I started my journey with a myriad of questions and waited to find the corresponding answers. I was deceived, because even if I found many answers, I was left with even more questions. Questions that direct me closer to the path I want to take, that meet me where I want to be.

Thinking back to all these, it is quite intriguing that I am experiencing the end of my volunteering while other people here in Bergolo get to have their new beginnings.

Don't get me wrong, I love the new additions of the group! But at the same time, there is a nostalgia lingering behind. I witnessed almost all my dear friends go back to their lands, readjusting and slowly moving forward to their new realities. For me, on the other hand, it is going to be a little different. My volunteering is ending, but I am not going back home(?) for now. I will be staying for two more months and I will be involved with New Wellness Education activities. And while I am thankful for the opportunity, I hope that this additional time will give me some insights about my future...

Well..I won't prolong any longer with achievements, learnings and all that jazz ✨

I will just say that I am thankful for meeting all the people I met. Each one of them, contributed to the version of me today.

P.s Ciao a tutti for whoever did not get it, I am Sophie and this was my last Monday post.

For now and ever take care ❤️

Love you Vitality fam 🐝

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