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    Say No! to rubber tips on your poles.

    Baby, you and I are not the same. Ya say ya like the sun, I like the rain. And now before we go an' do it all again... Ya better catch yer own train walk yer own Camino.
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    Opinions on Meseta

    Elvis was overrated, in my opinion. So was Reliegos. I was kind of miserable while there and was eager to get the heck out of that town. Just a weird energy for me, maybe because the church looks like an rundown old business building from the small Kansas town where I grew up, not like a house...
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    Your advice on my itinerary for Camino Frances Sep 2022

    This is great advice and something I will do when I go back next year. When I walked last September, I took rest days in Burgos and Leon, and although those cities are lovely, I fell way behind my Camino family and did not catch up. Also, full days in Burgos and Leon are nice, but when you are...
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    I have lost myself

    First of all, thank you for all your kind words and support a couple of weeks ago when I posted the thread "I have lost myself." You all offered wonderful insights, and I grew and learned a lot through your words. Second, I am still lost. But I'm good. My wife tells me that I've always been a...
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    I have lost myself

    WOW! This quote. Just... freaking... WOW!
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    I have lost myself

    To all who have given sound advice, I thank you. I think one of the few snarks on here tracked down my YouTube channel because I received my first negative video comment today, a scolding of sorts because I started in Pamplona and not SJPdP. I had my reasons, and I don't need to explain my...
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    I have lost myself

    My wife said something yesterday that makes sense. I will put it in quotes but paraphrase. "You've always been lost," she said. "As long as I've known you [25 years] you've been searching for something. Maybe the Camino is telling you that you will always been lost and searching and you should...
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    I have lost myself

    Thank you, and I will take it into consideration. Although my spiritual life is not specifically Christian, I do respect the faith (having been raised in it).
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    I have lost myself

    These are all awesome suggestions. As I mentioned in a comment below, I've been putting all of my video footage into a YouTube series, but I'm not broadcasting or advertising it. Mostly, I just need to go through the editing process using my videography skills. The people who need to see the...
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    I have lost myself

    One way I'm processing is my YouTube channel. I chronicled a lot on the Camino, the trials, the triumphs, the moments of joy, the meltdowns. Putting it all in an uncensored series has been good. I do videography, and I'm up to day 12. I did tell my wife that I feel a calling to shared this...
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    I have lost myself

    I have.
  12. Storyteller Matt

    I have lost myself

    In She knows. We've been talking about it. I don't talk outside of class, and I showed her what I wrote.
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    I have lost myself

    I finished the Camino Frances in October 2021. It was a calling I had to fulfill, ever since I dipped my toe in the Camino in 2018 (where I started in Sarria and made a fool of myself). This time, I completed... the best thing I have ever done. Now I am home. This is where everyone says the...
  14. Storyteller Matt

    Does anyone know how I can purchase the metal shell marker in Logroño?

    I actually decided against a tattoo. I already have a Camino tat from when I walked Sarria to Santiago in 2018. Having just finished the full Camino last week, I have decided that the Sarria stage alone did not earn me that tattoo. This Camino, I feel I've finally earned it. Maybe another tat...
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    Focusing on transformation versus being 100% present

    Just got back from my Camino two days ago. Three years ago, I walked ON the Camino but I don't consider it an actual Camino because I started in Sarria. I thought I was pretty cool at the time—the YouTube videos are proof of this—and my reflections were wistful and romantic. I wore the wrong...
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