Farewell Bad Pilgrim, Hello Raincoat & Hot Pants

Because really, this blog was never about the Camino. It’s about my emotions. Soz, folks. Better you know now I guess.

But because I’m trying not to be so flippant about all that I cease to be, let’s honour here what this blog was for a hot minute in mid-September 2022:

Bad Pilgrim | Someone who is lazy, entitled, judgmental, close-minded, self-centered, neurotic, and rude. Asks only what the Camino can do for them. Leaves stingy donations. Takes the bus and lies about it. Jumps backpack queues, drinks all the wine, turns on the overhead lights. May or may not snore. (No-one can help that.)

Slightly Less Bad Pilgrim | Someone who is all these things, but who’s at least trying not to be. Aka me, most of the time. Just way less catchy.

Welcome to my soul survival space-turned-self-improvement project-turned-basic Camino blog! As you can tell, it’s a bit of a mess. More a process than product. But then, as even the good pilgrims will tell you, so is life. So is the Camino. Will we ever reach Santiago? Does it matter? For more ways of asking these questions, plus musings on all things dread, Didion and donativos, please choose a bed.

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Ok bye. Now we’re Raincoat and Hot Pants. MAYBE THIS WAS THE SECRET ALL ALONG!?

#writing #moodswings #soulsearching #pastselves #endings #CaminodelNorte #travel #Asturias #beginnings #hiking #CaminodeSantiago