Aug 31, 2024

the last two years

Today I had a goodbye dinner with my parents at a nice restaurant, before leaving for San Francisco tomorrow. It was the same restaurant where we have been for a goodbye dinner nearly exactly two years ago, before I left for my exchange semester to Taiwan.

It felt melancholic to have a similar moment again. And it made me think about all the moments that happened in the last two years.

Probably the most transformative years of my life so far. I‘m so thankful. Life really begins at the end of the comfort zone.

Leon Sandner

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