Now

Updated April 18th, 2025, from Madrid, Spain

Yes, already in Madrid. I have been here for some days now. Creating my space, my routine and discovering the surroundings of where I live. I am extremely lucky with the apartment where I am living. My housemates are friendly and helpful.

New start

Mentally, I feel like I am landing. I have been working hard to choose one place and to get some stable ground in my life. Now that I am having it, it requires patience, which gets challenging at times. When you commit to staying in one place, there is a lot of mental space which is liberated. And now I get to choose what to do with that space.

While living away and travelling the world, I have consumed quite some content from Spain. For example from podcasts, videos or series. And now I feel like I live in a constant movie. I feel like I can hide because no one knows I'm a foreigner in my mind. The other day I read from Isabel Allende, a writer I really like, that she defines herself as a "eternal foreigner". That took some load off my shoulders because sometimes I give quite some mental space to identity. I can also just be a "eternal foreigner".

Accelerator programs

Making progress with Sunbathe. I received a call from the accelerator and they want me not only for the program where I applied but I also got selected to be in another one. Looks like I will be quite busy the following months. Exciting times. I went to one of the sessions and the atmosphere is refreshing. Many people developing their ideas.