“The downside of traveling is that you can’t settle in one place” I have said that sentence during the shoot of my Film “Voyager” which was featuring the struggles of travelers for not being able to settle in one place, the film also featured my Silk Road trip which I have done back in 2017. After more than 4 years of the shooting of the film, a lot has happened, and I have decided to settle in Germany right after my Trans Americas tour, thinking that achieving the big dream would start from Germany, which actually did, however, since 2019 until today, I have been trying to change the idea of travelers can’t settle in one place so hard, and it doesn’t seem to be working, whenever I fly from Germany to Qatar, I say home sweet home, and whenever I fly back from Qatar to Germany saying the same! I can’t even call myself fully settled down in Germany nor in Qatar, in Qatar, which is my homeland, where I had my childhood memories, where my parents are, children and house, which makes it home, and Germany is home too, it is where I decided to move to and start all over again from zero, the country which I chose for the big dream and it also got me the memories of the university days back in the 90s.
my morning walks with Gyda
There is another fact that also makes it worse, which is my kids being in Doha and choosing to live and study in Doha, being here would make a task and a duty for me to frequently travel back and forth between Qatar and Germany and makes the mission of being settled worse and harder! Since 2019 until now, I have been wanting to take German lessons and every time I decide, I simply fail! The past 3 years weren’t perfect to settle anywhere, as I had 2019 traveling around Africa, 2020 and 2021 the whole world struggled with COVID19 and end of 2021 and 2022 I had lots of motorcycle travel around the world. All these motorcycle trips got me far away from both homes, and choosing to be on my favorite spot, on the bike wandering around, not realizing that I have a business to look after and 2 pretty girls missing me always!
On one fine morning after a long trip in Algeria, I started my day with a walk with my dog “Gyda” which wasn’t usual for her, I could see her behavior when I grabbed her leash for a walk, probably she was confused as it wasn’t her walking time, or it was until I disappeared for a month. As we started the walk, I realized that dogs would work perfectly if there is a routine in their day, specific time to walk and dedicated time for meals, which I am trying my best to follow, since I am always on the move, and luckily, I have Sid to look after her when I am not around. Thinking of a routine that day, I started remembering what I was saying when I was still doing my full-time government job, that I can’t cope anymore with routine and I shouldn’t stick to working hours anymore since I am a free spirit, and now after more than 4 years of getting rid of that routine, I realized there is a lot of time wasted for nothing, a lot of working hours which I could have achieved were wasted. Therefore, I have decided in 2023 as top priority this year is to bring back some of the routine to my life, some of gym hours, specific motorcycling times, and working hours at Moto Garage & Diner. Most important part of this routine would be planning my flights to Doha the whole year in advance!
Happy new year!