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How I Found My Way to Nepal
I took these micro-shifts — each one peeling back a layer of fear and resistance
Earlier this year, I never imagined leaving South Africa, let alone ending up in Nepal. Yet, a series of small, deliberate steps — micro-shifts — brought me here. These steps peeled back layers of fear and resistance I didn’t even know I was holding onto.
Letting go of those fears revealed deeper truths about myself. I had always believed I wasn’t afraid of change. But facing my fears head-on told a different story.
Psychologist Abraham Maslow once said: “In any given moment, we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”
For a long time, I unknowingly chose safety, clinging to the familiar — friends, work, and a life I had built in South Africa for 15 years. But life felt stagnant — socially and emotionally. I cut ties with relationships and routines that no longer served me. Yet, I convinced myself South Africa still “worked” for me, even as worsening conditions — corruption, crumbling infrastructure, power cuts, and rising costs — told a different story.
It was an illusion my mind had created — a false sense of security and control.
