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Today my somewhere is Switzerland. It is definitely a place I would love to go to someday. Looking at pictures it feels like a whole different world with the alps and the other mountain ranges. Spectacular.
Switzerland has a reputation of neutrality and its melting pot of German, French, and Italian languages would certainly lend toward that reputation. There is a fourth language, Romansh, but it isn't nationally recognized.
Famous for their landscapes, chocolate, and knives Switzerland offers a lot more as our tour guide, Rick Steves, shows us.
But lest you think Rick doesn't give us views of the alps, here he takes us on his exploration of the Jungfrau Region.
I've been thinking about it for over a month. Usually, when I'm in it I'm engaged. But this time? I started it indifferent and I've felt indifferent all along. I should have never started. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and they aren't wrong. So when I opened my eyes this morning it was clear. It's time. Time to quit this 365. This is the first 365 that I haven't posted several of the days, the first 365 that I wasn't super excited about, the first 365 that I've quit. I've changed my social media presence and interactions the past year so this is also the first 365 that hardly anyone has been interested in. Is it the topic or my decision to not be as accessible on social media? Or is it some other reason altogether? Well, regardless...I'm throwing in the towel on this one. I can't say if I'll ever do another 365 again. Time will tell and I will know if and when it's time.
The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.
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