Introduceyourself

Hello to the Steemit-Community! =)

You probably know by your own that's not easy to introduce yourself. But I realized it’s absolutely worthy for aspects like this:

You have to think about yourself
You have to take the time to think about yourself
You have to take the time to write all this thoughts down and structure them
You have to reduce all the stuff you want to illustrate and put it in a few sentences

I decided to tell you the steps in my live they generated my best decisions and changes.

My name is Rebecca, I’m 30 and original from Germany. I just started my journey as a digital nomad living in a roof top tent on my Suzuki Vitara. Since I’m traveling I feel more and more @home in the world. But let’s start with some facts to my previous life.

My previous life - the time my life was still normal…

… but boring, exhausting and stressful at the same time.

I never had a 9to5 job. Most of my time in the working world it was more a 9to10 job or sometimes more. It was always okay for me, I rarely complained and I was happy with my job.

Maybe I should tell you that I came to a company after finishing high school and I stayed them loyal for nearly a decade. It was a big system gastronomy company and I quickly realized, that I was doing a good job. Fortunately they realized the same facts and so I became the manager of one outlet in no time at all. I was 24 at this time - managing a 2 Million Euro business with 50 employees in Germany. My last year in this company I took over an outlet in Austria (by the way this was the time I discovered my new love I will tell you later =)).

In this time I learned more than ever imagined before about people, their behavior and especially my behavior towards others. Also it was a hard time with a few stones on my way I won’t miss this broad experience.

With all these experiences and soft skills - gained during the first decade of my live in employment - I wanted more.

More career - more money - more experiences

I decides to get a management consultant. It was a tough start as a bloody lateral entrant and the first few weeks nearly broke my famous fighting spirit =).

In the end it was anything but no bad decision. Also I hated the job, neither the long working hours (once more) nor the full time traveling during the week deterred me. On the contrary, I discovered my wanderlust in this time. Thats the best expert knowledge about myself I could take away from this job and additional this time as a management consultant (less than a year) taught me much more about me and my live.

In this time I realized a few facts which I don’t want for my future live

The most important fact I learned from this consulting job is that I don’t want to use the polite form of address to customers or colleagues in the future. There are much more learnings from this time. Maybe I could tell you sometimes...

Now you know a few things about my work history. But guess what I’m doing today?

I think it is the right time to slow down for a few days, or weeks, or whatever how long...

No cars, no planes, to trains.

I fell in love (this is the new love I told about) with the mountains during the time I lived in Austria and am addicted to hike and also doing via ferratas since this time. In the mountains you are in the middle of nature and all the people you meet - if you meet people on the way - are kind and warm people.

My first time hiking on a mountain I wondered that the ways are so easy to go. Of course it was really exhausting, but you are walking on a normal path. Before I made my first trip I thought you have to climb to get to the summit. So the first time on a summit - and it was a long trip in the middle of January - was such a mind-blowing experience. Since this time I went every week on another mountain in Austria.

No cars, no planes, to trains. You hear nothing except the nature on a mountain. I love it.

Basically I think with the right willingness can everybody hike on a mountain. You don’t have to take the highest one first but there are so many nice trips for beginners they still present you an adventure you will not forget. If you want more informations for trips in Austria feel free to ask me!

This time in Austria I also decided another important thing in my life:

I never want to live on a place where I cannot see the milky way with my own eyes

I really don’t like cities and I’m fine only if I can be by my own without thousands of other people around me.

If you put all these facts - love people, but not so many at once, love nature, love quietness, love being on different places, love movement, love being outdoor - into an bucket and mix them. The result is what happened to my live in the last few weeks:

I became a digital nomad living in a roof top tent on my Suzuki Vitara and traveling around wherever I want.

I want to tell you more about the circumstances that affected me to sell all my stuff and go on this journey... maybe in another article.

Thats me. I hope you enjoyed reading my introduceryourself arcticle and maybe you are a little bit excited about my trip and all the stories I’ll have to tell =)

Thank you for your time - I know how valuable time is

rebeccaontheroof