Post Camino

[Liam Ryan]

Post Camino
I intend walking all of the 800 km CF. I am intrigued to know how one can settle back to normal life after 5 or 6 weeks away. Thanks
Liam

 

[trecile]

Post Camino
I intend walking all of the 800 km CF. I am intrigued to know how one can settle back to normal life after 5 or 6 weeks away. Thanks
Liam

When you find out let us know - 5 caminos and I still haven't figured it out.

 

[Shazenalan]

I’m not sure I do.....

 

[NYSE]

Just keep walking. I do about 35 miles per week. Think about the Camino often while out there and dream about the next one.

 

[LesR]

Post Camino
I intend walking all of the 800 km CF. I am intrigued to know how one can settle back to normal life after 5 or 6 weeks away. Thanks
Liam

With difficulty, if ever....

 

[Mettetäti]

I am intrigued to know how one can settle back to normal life after 5 or 6 weeks away.

Start planning the next camino. It helps.

 

[RJM]

I have found that these nagging things called work, groceries, utilities, automobile note, tuition costs, cellular phone bills etc cause me to settle back into "normal life" quite quickly lol. Reality bursts the walking the Camino bubble almost immediately upon getting home.

 

[Thomas V]

For me, thinking and talking about the Camino everyday while real life surrounds you helps with the Camino withdrawals. Like someone said above, continue walking plus start planning your next adventure!

 

[Marla in CA]

Start planning the next camino. It helps.

@Mettetäti , I agree with you 100%. I am back exactly 2 weeks now after CF, and planning my next one, in as early as May 2020, is what keeps me going.

 

[Vihilmo]

I got back from the CF (my first) mid October and have really struggled with my re-entry, so am interested in this topic. Came home with an injury, so can't walk 35 miles a day - nor do I want to - am exhausted and feel very discombolulated - but gather that's not unusul. Have just finished reading Alexander John Shaia's book "Retuning from Camino" - very compassionate, accessible and lots of good (manageable) ideas for reflecting and supporting yourself - makes perfect sense to me of my experience - the most helpful thing I've read.

 

[AlwynWellington]

how [to] settle back to normal life after 5 or 6 weeks away

I have found that these nagging things called work ...

I have a two step process:
1) Stop somewhere different for 3 to 5 days and smell the roses
2) My flight home is at least 24 hours and the trip from the airport past familiar landmarks is a good grounding back to normality

Kia kaha

 

[RJM]

I have a two step process:
1) Stop somewhere different for 3 to 5 days and smell the roses
2) My flight home is at least 24 hours and the trip from the airport past familiar landmarks is a good grounding back to normality

Kia kaha

I actually have no difficulty returning to everyday life and not being on the Camino. Never had difficulty even after the first time I walked it, and I have walked it several times since. Just one of those things that was enjoyable while doing it and now am doing something else. My life at home.
Like I have said on this forum before, my ability and resources to take time to be able to walk the Camino in the first place is enough for me to return home with no post Camino blues, or whatever it is called. My being blessed like that is enough. So, so blessed when there are so many others who are not. Why would there be a need for anything else?

 

[RRat]

Post Camino
I intend walking all of the 800 km CF. I am intrigued to know how one can settle back to normal life after 5 or 6 weeks away. Thanks
Liam

Easy, just remember your friends and family lives continued, so while they will be polite but not that interested in your experience.

 

[RJM]

Easy, just remember your friends and family lives continued, so while they will be polite but not that interested in your experience.

True. I have never bored family and friends with my Camino photos and stories. They may ask me about it a little bit, but it never goes beyond that. That is save but for a couple of them who have interest in doing it someday. I can totally understand why. Nobody really wants to hear about someone's else's holiday trip while they were still at home working, or whatever. It would be like those comedy shows where the characters are trapped at a relative or neighbor's house having to endure a vacation photos slideshow, lol.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Post Camino
I intend walking all of the 800 km CF. I am intrigued to know how one can settle back to normal life after 5 or 6 weeks away. Thanks
Liam

I am only able to settle back down to normal life after returning home if I am quite confident there is a "next camino" in my near future.

 

[emmanuel]

My experience is that when I come back I spend several days or weeks daydreaming about Camino, until I make a landing in everyday life. And that's when I start planning my next one. Of course, this has taken a toll in my relatonships with friends and family, but what can I do? I feel way more alive when walking in Spain, and you get hooked on that.

 

[Marla in CA]

I am only able to settle back down to normal life after returning home if I am quite confident there is a "next camino" in my near future.

@Camino Chrissy, I guess that sums it up best for the way I feel.

 

[Karl Oz]

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