Tags: bad date , cheap date , London , Match. Piccadilly Circus, -- I made it in one piece! I arrived safely into Heathrow Airport! Tags: airport security , aviophobia , fear of flying , linkedin , London , profiling , travel. Thrilled to travel the world, but weary of flying being the prerequisite to get to most destinations— my conundrum.
Aviophobia was one of the reasons that I had chosen to move to London … so, I could make it my hub for traveling and hop on a Eurostar train to see other parts of Europe. A proclivity for control could easily have been the diagnosis for the anxiety that I felt and feel at the idea of someone else having my life in their hands— the events of September 11th were a factor, but my issues showed up long before that catastrophe; The deal breaker happened in when two planes crashed, back to back, within a short period of time while I was working for the news in South Florida.
The particular incident that mentally scarred me, for life, was the EgyptAir disaster… found to have been intentional; This was the first time that I had heard of someone— a leader, in charge of the welfare of others— being suicidal and willing to harm innocent people as a means to an end.
As you can imagine, my mindset for being in an airplane for over six hours was off to a great start. There was a man to meet, in any case. Security at the airport found my whiskey paramour in my carry-on bag. I was being profiled. This guard was no better— How could someone, like me, afford to go to Europe, alone… and why would I?
Only a cultured person might do such a thing. Without question, I was smuggling drugs or something rolling my eyes! Rogue on the prowl, ! I became, even more, determined to cross continents! Tags: inspiration , linkedin , London , moving abroad , muse , music , Paulo Coelho , quitting job , Seal , Smash Mouth , travel.
