We were waiting to fill up with water in our campervan when I noticed a sticker on the van in front of us that said ‘Think less, live more’. I was reading Lighter by yung pueblo at the same time and it’s really stuck with me ever since. I have a tendency to overthink which helps me to be really organised but can also cause me some suffering.

When you step back and have awareness of your thoughts and observe them without judgment, it is really fascinating to see what patterns tend to repeat themselves. For example, when I am not feeling my best, I find I have negative repetitive thought patterns around meeting new people. Living in a campervan, you meet new people all the time. And the phrase that seems to consume my mind if I’m not feeling great when meeting new people is, “why would they want to speak to me”.

This leads me to being pretty closed off and in this negative mindset, I tend not to meet new people. But there is so much power in just knowing that I do this. Because next time it happens I can observe this thought pattern and let it pass which will leave me being a lot more open.

It also circles back to my decision to sell my house and quit my job to travel in my campervan. Had I thought about it too hard, the logical part of my brain would have prevented me from doing it because on paper, I had everything I ever wanted. But the mantra to think less and live more in this instance has led me to one of the best years of my life so far. I’ve learnt more about myself and the world in the past year than probably the past ten years!

So where possible I will be guided by thinking less and living more. Because I absolutely love being alive.

^ I love the quote so much I added it to my 30th birthday custom artwork by the one and only Luke Crump. 😊