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How wonderful that you have this forum to lean on...and, you did!...It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal...
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it...
Hi,
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Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
Indeed.In my experience, every proper Camino leads to a point along the Way when you want to stop, give up, go home.
I think your answer is really spot on. Maybe the Camino isn’t for him. Sometimes I think people have built up such big expectations or believe some life altering experience will occur that a letdown occurs when ‘nothing’ happens. We who have made Camino a big part of our lives all may perpetuate this myth. We have such love and speak so passionately that, at least for me, some people are enchanted thinking there will be a mystical or transformative experience waiting for them. I think we often forget to say that for most people it happens, in small and precious moments. That are interspersed with some great fun, conversation and people. But it is also sandwiched in between some big cold, heat, rain, snow, wind, hills, blisters, bedbugs, dirty showers, rude noisy people, lousy nights of sleep@sugargypsy, make your own Camino. If you are not goal oriented, and don't care if you make it to Santiago, just stop! It's your experience and no one can tell you how to feel. I think you should honor whatever it happening inside. Maybe you are homesick? Maybe the Camino isn't for you? Maybe sit where you are, eat, drink and journal your feelings?
I have not felt quite like you - I am too goal-oriented to give up the end-prize. But I haven't always "felt" it either! Santiago almost feels like just another city to me. I am tired of crowds there, and just about everything else. But I DO love to walk and share the camaraderie!
If your Spirit has left the Camino, so be it. Change course. That is what I would do if I were feeling like you and I wasn't so goal-oriented.and ❤❤ to you!
@It56ny, I agree, that we veterans do pump up the Camino! So many folks have such high expectations, when indeed, often times it is just a lot of hard work and inconveniences. I suppose we are taking the conversation off-topic, yet it feels important to discuss this. Expectations and let downs are a real phenomenon, that I believe that if we were all honest, we would agree that this is so. We hope and pray that the better times on the Camino outweigh the not-so-great times. As Forest Gump said, "Life's a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get!" I like what St. Teresa says about spiritual experiences - it is God's choice, not yours, what experiences you have, and you have to just go with it!I think your answer is really spot on. Maybe the Camino isn’t for him. Sometimes I think people have built up such big expectations or believe some life altering experience will occur that a letdown occurs when ‘nothing’ happens. We who have made Camino a big part of our lives all may perpetuate this myth. We have such love and speak so passionately that, at least for me, some people are enchanted thinking there will be a mystical or transformative experience waiting for them. I think we often forget to say that for most people it happens, in small and precious moments. That are interspersed with some great fun, conversation and people. But it is also sandwiched in between some big cold, heat, rain, snow, wind, hills, blisters, bedbugs, dirty showers, rude noisy people, lousy nights of sleepetc. Etc. We all have letdowns and feelings of what am I doing here again?????
First Camino I did I thought the day when I arrived and saw our Cathedral would be amazing. Came through the tunnel and the bagpipes and was greeted by mobs of tour groups and those ridiculous tour trains. A big letdown, WOW!!! It didn’t dampen my spirits for long though as I met just about all the pilgrims I connected with on my Camino. By the time I finished my third Camino I was really sick of the crowds and the tourist of Santiago. This last Camino I just finished in the beginning of November and it was so quiet. I had just finished the Northe. By the time I finish my third Camino I was really sick of the crowds and the tourist of Santiago. This last Camino I just finished in the beginning of November and it was so quiet. I had just finished the Norte and it was really tough for me. When I got to the Square there couldn’t of been more than 100 people and it felt very quiet and intimate. It was the first time I was overcome with emotion arriving at the Cathedral. This year I will start on October 29 from Saint Jean and I look forward to walking this late in the year. I’m sure Santiago will have a much different feel to it when I arrive in early December. I don’t know when you walk or if you have constraints regarding when you can walk but maybe you can try if you
setting your Camino dates to a much quieter times of the year. It is nice to be there at a quieter time to hopefully see friends and have a chance to say goodbye.
I think we often forget to say that for most people it happens, in small and precious moments
I think I often forget to say the key words, in my experience. In this case I should have said in my experience speaking with other. Yes it is impossible to generalize as I have only met a tiny sliver of people who have walked. I have met people who were walking for profound and life altering reasons. I guess you could say that if you meet 100 pilgrims you will get 150 answers as to why they are doing it. I have had my share of "mind blowing and massive experiences that if we met we could share them. But I guess in MY EXPERIENCE most pilgrims I have met have GENERALLY had smaller precious moments that have stayed with them. But come to think of it, you are right it ain't easy to generalize a Camino experience!!!!!The "magic" when it happens varies rather drastically between any individual and the next, but as far as I can tell I'm very unsure that it's "most people".
Sure, it can certainly be those small and precious moments -- but it can also be the mind-blowingly massive intrusion of the Divine into your life and your mind and your spirit when you weren't expecting any such thing in the first place. Or it can be the absolute pure abstraction of apparently nothing whatsoever.
The "magic" of the Camino is something, I've found, that it's impossible to generalise about.
Doesn’t really matter if you don’t finish. You know now how much you can walk and what it means to you: perhaps it just mean ‘so what’s the great deal’Hi,
I've arrived in Palas de Rei today and I have no idea what to do now. I just can't seem to motivate myself to continue to walk anymore. I took a two-days-break in Portomarin in a nice place, but it did not change anything.
I started in Pamplona a month ago, I had a hard time in the beginning, because I was not very well trained due to to bad pollen allergies and asthma bouts resulting out of that. But that improved almost instantly, when I arrived in Spain. Though it was hard in the beginning, I enjoyed my slow walks. Sometimes I needed to take a bus, when the stages were too long for me, but everything was fine.
Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
Doesn’t really matter if you don’t finish.
Only if you are religious. Otherwise it’s the road that matters, not the destination.It does -- as the excellent mademoiselle Warcollier wrote all those years ago, the only important thing is to walk to Santiago. Words of true wisdom, as everything of the Camino is centred around that primal requirement.
as the excellent mademoiselle Warcollier wrote all those years ago, the only important thing is to walk to Santiago. Words of true wisdom, as everything of the Camino is centred around that primal requirement.
Not quite. What matters is how important it is to you personally to walk these last four days to Santiago. When you've travelled from Pamplona to Ferreiros/Portomarin, mainly on foot, for 30 days, you know that you are in principle able to do these four more days. It is not really that much of a challenge anymore. Would you regret it forever if you didn't walk that last bit? Would it hurt your self esteem if you didn't walk that last bit? Many posters believe that it is so and that she will miss out on a worthwhile experience the effects of which may reveal themselves only later. But these are their personal values and ideas of achievement and merit, not necessarily those of the OP.Only if you are religious. Otherwise it’s the road that matters, not the destination.
My biggest challenge as well as anxiety is how I will able to deal with the daily walks. My physical condition is not the best despite training. It's a bit contradictory, but at the same time that's exactly one of the reasons to walk the Camino. I need and want the time to change, at the same time I'm afraid that it's going to be (too) demanding.
The only way to find out how I'll cope is to get going ...
... and to assure myself over and over again that I do not have to prove anything to anyone, especially not to myself. If it's only 5 or 10 km a day at the beginning, it's o.k.
Step by step, sounds easy but not to me,
I will let you know how I've decided as soon as I have. Today I did not walk - I still have more than enough time and not booked my flight back so far - tomorrow I will walk a short stage, see how it'll be.@sugargypsy, after all this input and discussion, PLEASE let us know what you decided, and how you felt about it all!!
Hi,
I've arrived in Palas de Rei today and I have no idea what to do now. I just can't seem to motivate myself to continue to walk anymore. I took a two-days-break in Portomarin in a nice place, but it did not change anything.
I started in Pamplona a month ago, I had a hard time in the beginning, because I was not very well trained due to to bad pollen allergies and asthma bouts resulting out of that. But that improved almost instantly, when I arrived in Spain. Though it was hard in the beginning, I enjoyed my slow walks. Sometimes I needed to take a bus, when the stages were too long for me, but everything was fine.
Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe some made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
Walking from Ferrol would make you eligible for a Compostela (not A Coruña unless you have completed a stage in Ireland already).I will let you know how I've decided as soon as I have. Today I did not walk - I still have more than enough time and not booked my flight back so far - tomorrow I will walk a short stage, see how it'll be.
Thanks for all your thoughts, there are some I will have to ponder on a bit more. I wished I could answer every one of you, but there have been just too many answers and writing on a tablet takes so much time.
As for now I know I won't go to SdC straight ahead, like tomorrow..
I might not continue, but then I will not go to SdC, but come back some time later. Being from Europe it's not that far off.
One big issue for me are the crowds at the moment which I am myself are part of, making it even a bigger crowd. I knew that could be a problem for me before I left, but the Frances was the only Camino when I left offering the infrastructure I needed.
What might be a solution for me, I have not decided yet, is to take a bus to Ferrol, or A Coruna like @natefaith suggested, but not for a break, but to walk from there to SdC. I am aware that I won't get a Compostela then, but that's no problem for me. There would be not so many pilgrims if I am informed correctly.
Well, whatever, I'll find out soon enough what I am going to do ;-).
I'll tell you in a couple of days.
Only if you are religious. Otherwise it’s the road that matters, not the destination.
I will let you know how I've decided as soon as I have. Today I did not walk - I still have more than enough time and not booked my flight back so far - tomorrow I will walk a short stage, see how it'll be.
Thanks for all your thoughts, there are some I will have to ponder on a bit more. I wished I could answer every one of you, but there have been just too many answers and writing on a tablet takes so much time.
As for now I know I won't go to SdC straight ahead, like tomorrow..
I might not continue, but then I will not go to SdC, but come back some time later. Being from Europe it's not that far off.
One big issue for me are the crowds at the moment which I am myself are part of, making it even a bigger crowd. I knew that could be a problem for me before I left, but the Frances was the only Camino when I left offering the infrastructure I needed.
What might be a solution for me, I have not decided yet, is to take a bus to Ferrol, or A Coruna like @natefaith suggested, but not for a break, but to walk from there to SdC. I am aware that I won't get a Compostela then, but that's no problem for me. There would be not so many pilgrims if I am informed correctly.
Well, whatever, I'll find out soon enough what I am going to do ;-).
I'll tell you in a couple of days.
Love the first line - reflection is oh so important in my view. However, is God inward or outward? "The kingdom of God is within you." Only semantics, perhaps. Hope I'm not starting a theological debate. Not my intention. I like the "God as a ground of being" idea, whether it is inward or outwardAllen Nobel ('Disruptive Witness') speaks of a "fragility of meaning", that our culture is impressively designed to keep us from the kind of reflection needed to identify, interpret and resolve such an anxiety of meaning. "Many people share a sense that their lives are granted meaning through their lifestyle rather than a belief system. If the world feels phony and thin, the answer is not a more rigorous turn inward to find the ground of being, but a turn outward toward God." I have just begun this read but it has already drawn me in.
I truly wish you well as you journey on, Sugar gypsy and may every day give you rich food for thought. fondly, sandi
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The darkest hour is just before the dawn.Hi,
I've arrived in Palas de Rei today and I have no idea what to do now. I just can't seem to motivate myself to continue to walk anymore. I took a two-days-break in Portomarin in a nice place, but it did not change anything.
I started in Pamplona a month ago, I had a hard time in the beginning, because I was not very well trained due to to bad pollen allergies and asthma bouts resulting out of that. But that improved almost instantly, when I arrived in Spain. Though it was hard in the beginning, I enjoyed my slow walks. Sometimes I needed to take a bus, when the stages were too long for me, but everything was fine.
Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
One big issue for me are the crowds at the moment which I am myself are part of, making it even a bigger crowd. I knew that could be a problem for me before I left, but the Frances was the only Camino when I left offering the infrastructure I needed.
I do the Caminos to see the beauty of nature., and this makes me feel closer to my maker. Some parts are more beautiful than others. I walk about 20 miles a week with a long walk of about 10 miles. So, I have plenty of time to get the Camino mind. I have found that I don't neef to walk for a month. Two weeks at a time is enough for me. I am fortunate that I can go back the next year and do a different section or a different route. So be easy on yourself. You may have already accomplished all you needed to do.Hi,
I've arrived in Palas de Rei today and I have no idea what to do now. I just can't seem to motivate myself to continue to walk anymore. I took a two-days-break in Portomarin in a nice place, but it did not change anything.
I started in Pamplona a month ago, I had a hard time in the beginning, because I was not very well trained due to to bad pollen allergies and asthma bouts resulting out of that. But that improved almost instantly, when I arrived in Spain. Though it was hard in the beginning, I enjoyed my slow walks. Sometimes I needed to take a bus, when the stages were too long for me, but everything was fine.
Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
I will let you know how I've decided as soon as I have. Today I did not walk - I still have more than enough time and not booked my flight back so far - tomorrow I will walk a short stage, see how it'll be.
Thanks for all your thoughts, there are some I will have to ponder on a bit more. I wished I could answer every one of you, but there have been just too many answers and writing on a tablet takes so much time.
As for now I know I won't go to SdC straight ahead, like tomorrow..
I might not continue, but then I will not go to SdC, but come back some time later. Being from Europe it's not that far off.
One big issue for me are the crowds at the moment which I am myself are part of, making it even a bigger crowd. I knew that could be a problem for me before I left, but the Frances was the only Camino when I left offering the infrastructure I needed.
What might be a solution for me, I have not decided yet, is to take a bus to Ferrol, or A Coruna like @natefaith suggested, but not for a break, but to walk from there to SdC. I am aware that I won't get a Compostela then, but that's no problem for me. There would be not so many pilgrims if I am informed correctly.
Well, whatever, I'll find out soon enough what I am going to do ;-).
I'll tell you in a couple of days.
Expectations are like opinions we all got em!!!@It56ny, I agree, that we veterans do pump up the Camino! So many folks have such high expectations, when indeed, often times it is just a lot of hard work and inconveniences. I suppose we are taking the conversation off-topic, yet it feels important to discuss this. Expectations and let downs are a real phenomenon, that I believe that if we were all honest, we would agree that this is so. We hope and pray that the better times on the Camino outweigh the not-so-great times. As Forest Gump said, "Life's a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get!" I like what St. Teresa says about spiritual experiences - it is God's choice, not yours, what experiences you have, and you have to just go with it!
I also like your suggestion of walking at a quieter time. This year, my walk will arrive in Santiago at the end of October - I am having high expectations that it will feel more intimate at this time. Ha - here's comes the expectations again!
My son and I started at SJPP. By the time we arrived in Sarria, I was happy, healthy and felt like I could walk another 400 km. But something change for me there, a kind of melancholy that I could only apply to the ending of my Camino coming. I walked slower and shed tears that I hadn’t before. I finished, did a bus tour of Finisterre, and still had that sadness. When I got home, it had changed to a serenity that I knew I could hold in my heart for the rest of my life.Hi,
I've arrived in Palas de Rei today and I have no idea what to do now. I just can't seem to motivate myself to continue to walk anymore. I took a two-days-break in Portomarin in a nice place, but it did not change anything.
I started in Pamplona a month ago, I had a hard time in the beginning, because I was not very well trained due to to bad pollen allergies and asthma bouts resulting out of that. But that improved almost instantly, when I arrived in Spain. Though it was hard in the beginning, I enjoyed my slow walks. Sometimes I needed to take a bus, when the stages were too long for me, but everything was fine.
Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
Hi,
I've arrived in Palas de Rei today and I have no idea what to do now. I just can't seem to motivate myself to continue to walk anymore. I took a two-days-break in Portomarin in a nice place, but it did not change anything.
I started in Pamplona a month ago, I had a hard time in the beginning, because I was not very well trained due to to bad pollen allergies and asthma bouts resulting out of that. But that improved almost instantly, when I arrived in Spain. Though it was hard in the beginning, I enjoyed my slow walks. Sometimes I needed to take a bus, when the stages were too long for me, but everything was fine.
Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
As an FYI... The first symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis are feet hurting when you first wake up or around 4 am! I used to wake up wondering why my feet hurt when I was sleeping and they were elevated... It's an autoimmune disease and I recommend getting it checked out... Usually the hurting goes away shortly after getting up but if you don't stop the disease, it messes with your joints big time and your lungs and organs...I had a very similar feeling shortly after leaving Sarria, the vibe changes, people and things annoyed me, the countryside resembled my home county and there were too many people. I was so disheartened, my original plan had been to go to Finisterre, on my last day I dawdled into SDC stopped at the only decent ice cream shop I had seen in a whole month, I then decided to call it quits and book a flight home for the next morning.
These things happen! I took the optimistic outlook I would be home a week earlier to see my family.
As far back as I can remember I have had dreams about wandering long distances through the country side, in the last 10 years I have heard tales of the "Camino". I quit my job and embarked on an adventure, they say the Camino is all about self realization, well, I found out that a long walk is really therapeutic but the destination does not matter.
Strange thing is that 6 weeks after my return my feet hurt, well, they hurt between 4 am and 6 a.m in the morning as soon as I get out of bed the discomfort goes. How odd .
Hi,
I've arrived in Palas de Rei today and I have no idea what to do now. I just can't seem to motivate myself to continue to walk anymore. I took a two-days-break in Portomarin in a nice place, but it did not change anything.
I started in Pamplona a month ago, I had a hard time in the beginning, because I was not very well trained due to to bad pollen allergies and asthma bouts resulting out of that. But that improved almost instantly, when I arrived in Spain. Though it was hard in the beginning, I enjoyed my slow walks. Sometimes I needed to take a bus, when the stages were too long for me, but everything was fine.
Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
Well said! I’ve met a lot of people who hit a slumpWho knows why it's happening, @sugargypsy . But that's not so important. What's important is that you don't feed the ennui by either giving in to it or making it more of a problem than it is. Kindly watch it out of the corner of your mind's eye, but don't give it the reins. The Camino is not always easy or even interesting. Just like life. But that feeling won't last forever. Just keeping going is so empowering: it frees us from being a slave to the whims of the mind.
I take a lot of inspiration at times like this from what Thomas Merton said:
'Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and the heart has turned to stone.'
Well Said!!! And TrueWho knows why it's happening, @sugargypsy . But that's not so important. What's important is that you don't feed the ennui by either giving in to it or making it more of a problem than it is. Kindly watch it out of the corner of your mind's eye, but don't give it the reins. The Camino is not always easy or even interesting. Just like life. But that feeling won't last forever. Just keeping going is so empowering: it frees us from being a slave to the whims of the mind.
I take a lot of inspiration at times like this from what Thomas Merton said:
'Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and the heart has turned to stone.'
I will let you know how I've decided as soon as I have. Today I did not walk - I still have more than enough time and not booked my flight back so far - tomorrow I will walk a short stage, see how it'll be.
Thanks for all your thoughts, there are some I will have to ponder on a bit more. I wished I could answer every one of you, but there have been just too many answers and writing on a tablet takes so much time.
As for now I know I won't go to SdC straight ahead, like tomorrow..
I might not continue, but then I will not go to SdC, but come back some time later. Being from Europe it's not that far off.
One big issue for me are the crowds at the moment which I am myself are part of, making it even a bigger crowd. I knew that could be a problem for me before I left, but the Frances was the only Camino when I left offering the infrastructure I needed.
What might be a solution for me, I have not decided yet, is to take a bus to Ferrol, or A Coruna like @natefaith suggested, but not for a break, but to walk from there to SdC. I am aware that I won't get a Compostela then, but that's no problem for me. There would be not so many pilgrims if I am informed correctly.
Well, whatever, I'll find out soon enough what I am going to do ;-).
I'll tell you in a couple of days.
My son and I started at SJPP. By the time we arrived in Sarria, I was happy, healthy and felt like I could walk another 400 km. But something change for me there, a kind of melancholy that I could only apply to the ending of my Camino coming.
What can I say I kinda felt the same knowing it was ending. But this might help if after arriving in Santiago. Take in a Mass at noon Sunday is best, then while there gather your thoughts on your Camino enjoy the rest of the day eating tapas, maybe a wine or two just chill. If you have time the next day head to Finisterre out to the lighthouse maybe spent the night there. Next day head to Lire’s a short walk 10 miles stay the night. Next morning walk to Muxia another 10 miles and spend the day and night there. Catch the sunset this is a wonderful finish to your trip. To me it is the most relaxing and full of unforgettable scenery. For three years now I’ve ended my Camino’s out there. Next year I will do the same and I think it may jump start your experience. Buen Camino, JoeHi,
I've arrived in Palas de Rei today and I have no idea what to do now. I just can't seem to motivate myself to continue to walk anymore. I took a two-days-break in Portomarin in a nice place, but it did not change anything.
I started in Pamplona a month ago, I had a hard time in the beginning, because I was not very well trained due to to bad pollen allergies and asthma bouts resulting out of that. But that improved almost instantly, when I arrived in Spain. Though it was hard in the beginning, I enjoyed my slow walks. Sometimes I needed to take a bus, when the stages were too long for me, but everything was fine.
Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
I am already thinking about that, but I am not sure yet whether it would be better for me to finish in SdC when everything fits right for me - physically and mentally.You are so close. Go for it. Perhaps you can try a different way another time.
Bon courage, Buen Camino
Ultreia
Hi,
I've arrived in Palas de Rei today and I have no idea what to do now. I just can't seem to motivate myself to continue to walk anymore. I took a two-days-break in Portomarin in a nice place, but it did not change anything.
I started in Pamplona a month ago, I had a hard time in the beginning, because I was not very well trained due to to bad pollen allergies and asthma bouts resulting out of that. But that improved almost instantly, when I arrived in Spain. Though it was hard in the beginning, I enjoyed my slow walks. Sometimes I needed to take a bus, when the stages were too long for me, but everything was fine.
Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
Hi, I am about to begin my Camino journey this fall so have no Camino experience but do understand some of life's lessons and understand the experience of the Way parallels our life. Sometimes you must live through the trials. It is perseverance that is the lesson and only much later does the joy and satisfaction come to fruit. I wish you perseverance and strength for the journey and joy in the completionHi,
I've arrived in Palas de Rei today and I have no idea what to do now. I just can't seem to motivate myself to continue to walk anymore. I took a two-days-break in Portomarin in a nice place, but it did not change anything.
I started in Pamplona a month ago, I had a hard time in the beginning, because I was not very well trained due to to bad pollen allergies and asthma bouts resulting out of that. But that improved almost instantly, when I arrived in Spain. Though it was hard in the beginning, I enjoyed my slow walks. Sometimes I needed to take a bus, when the stages were too long for me, but everything was fine.
Walking through Sarria was o.k., I liked walking through the woods, but when I was on my way to Portomarin, shortly after my stay at Ferreiros, everything changed - nothing special happened, I have no idea why since then I just seem to drag myself along the paths, seeing no more reason in this. (But also don't know really what to do instead …)
It's strange, because everyone else is excited to arrive soon in SdC, myself only thinking - so what? What's the big deal.
I actually don't even know what I hope to achieve in posting this, but maybe somebody else has made a similar experience and can tell me how they dealed with it.
So pleased for you. Fever and chills not so nice but could explain lack of motivation earlier on. Glad you are feeling better and thank you for letting us share your journey!Thanks, Kirkie & VNwalking.
Yes, I made it. It was hard, but at least I figured out one reason why I was dragging along the last couple of days. Pretty soon after I arrived in SdC on Tuesday, the same evening, I got fever & chills which wasn't so nice.
Since yesterday I am o.k. again, tomorrow I will move on to Muxia, to continue pondering ;-).
Ah, so good to hear what is unfolding for you, @sugargypsy, and that all is well.Since yesterday I am o.k. again, tomorrow I will move on to Muxia, to continue pondering
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