Tomorrow I sit my first Vipassana
I’ve been traveling Southeast Asia for a few months now with a camera and too many thoughts.
I took an exit from my startup earlier this year. Not a dramatic one, just the kind where you finally admit the chapter is closed and you need to figure out what comes next. I bought a one-way ticket.
Months of moving. New cities, new sounds, underground music scenes, conversations with strangers, early mornings in places I couldn’t have found on a map six months ago.
I was looking for something and sometimes just looking without something. The camera helped. Having a frame around things makes the overwhelm feel intentional.
A few weeks ago I booked a Vipassana retreat in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam.
Tomorrow is Day 0.
I’ve spent months looking outward at cities, light, other people’s stories.
For the first time in a long time I genuinely don’t know what’s going to happen to me.
I’ll report back on Day 11.
Has anyone else gone into their first Vipassana after a period of intense external stimulation. What hit you hardest?