5 Years
Five years ago, in September 2019 I had just been to Madrid and gone through some of the worst insecurity and sadness of my adult life.
I had been back home in Darmstadt for more than two weeks, been flying a bit, done a nude photoshoot with friends, and 3D-printed an e-wing model.
Four years ago, I had just returned from a three-week road-trip through Spain, and was busy polishing out scratches from my fathers car. Only ten days later I would be on my way to Norway.
Three years ago, I had just discovered calibre as my e-book library software and loaded a bunch of Ken Wilber's books (“Sex, Ecology, Spirituality” among ten others) and Derek Sivers' “How to Live”.
Two years ago, I was camping in my Citroen CX at a Dyke in Northern Germany, practicing hang-gliding during the day.
One year ago, I drove all the way from Norway to Detmold, and even bought some shitty (wrong size) rims on the way, from a nice old couple (who sold them for their son) and had a cup of coffee with me (at 6 in the evening, in Hamburg).
Certainly not as good as the experience a year earlier.