Undisclosed Journeys #3

The feeling when you’re the only person on the Earth. When you feel like you’re soaring through the evening sky, where the wind strokes your hair in an elegant mess. The feeling of soaring among the sparkling city lights which glow to light you a pathway. When the only interruption of silence is the intermittent lull of car engines singing through the streets. That’s the moment of when I was riding my bicycle down to Parliament Station one evening with Google Maps in my headphones.

The feeling of magnanimity struck me. I felt powerful and dignified that I was brought this moment. When I was feeling low with my job, my life and my goals. This was the moment I could not afford to relinquish. I breathed that cool air of comfort while I chugged my legs up and down. I felt safe in the green lane, the sparkling bike lane. The moment made me reconnect with myself and attune to my needs. I needed excitement. I needed new experiences. I needed fun.

It also got me thinking of my current situation. I needed to settle for what I currently have until I am ready to be where I needed to be. In my 22 years of life, I had not even ridden a bike at 8pm in the city and yet I expected myself to have a proper paying job that was professional. I had always thought that a support worker was not professional. It was just ‘chilling out’ with people to make their day better. There’s nothing wrong with that. But it had passed my time and I didn’t want to be stuck doing it forever.

Google Maps alerted me in the half-human-like, half-robotic-like voice, ‘You have now reached your destination.’ I swung off my bike and lifted it down the stairs and entered the Myki gates. The steep escalators ran down to the platforms where I placed my feet firmly down its steps. I lifted my bike in mid-air while I trampled lower and lower to Platform 3.