It took me a while to write this last blog because the question (What have I taken from this experience) is really broad and if the answer did not satisfy me then I would be faced with the fact that I did not learn anything of value through this experience. However, this is what I came up with and I really like it:
This trip has cut some ties from this capitalist mentality I was almost subconsciously banded to: now I feel like I am one step closer to being free from the materialism and superficiality which overpowered my "picture perfect" Canadian lifestyle. I realize now that it is entirely possible to be happy with almost nothing. I have started to believe that is in fact much easier to achieve a sense of contentment when we do not carry the giant consumerism on our backs. I learned that from now on I will remind myself that I do not need that shirt, pair of pants, shoes, camera etc. I do not need it because I have everything necessary to live a VERY comfortable life and I will no longer follow the cattle of blind impulsive shoppers. That to me is a great realization.
There are many other little lessons that came to me along the way, but I think what I have pointed out in this blog is life changing for me, that is why I point out only this.
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