1.) I left my camera charger in the USA so I couldn't take pictures on my professional camera for about 6wks till my dad brought the charger.
2.) The wire to my iPhone 5 charger shorts out leaving me to try to find another charger so I can at least take photos on my iPhone. Since I have an iPhone 5 the wire is a tad bit harder to acquire especially in a city that doesn't have an apple store.
3.) The teacher at the school I work in helps me locate an iPhone 5 charger for a reasonable price and within 2days it won't charge the phone at all. Leaving me to wait 5days till my dad can bring me another charger.
4.) My Dad finally gets here and all of my technology is charged synced and ready to go! I'm taking great shots of my environment uploading them to my computer all is right with the world until I get to Agra ( the city where the Taj Mahal is) my MacBook had been acting rather slow leaving me no other choice than to force power it down (holding the power button for 10seconds it's not the best way to shut down the computer) once I turn it on it stays on the apple loading page for about 45mins instantly I knew something was wrong! After about 3 hours of troubleshooting on my iPhone and Dads iPad I discover its a hard drive issue. I instantly go into panic mode! All my work, photos, videos, calendars are on my MacBook! Just my luck I didn't set up TimeMachine nor do I have an external hardrive. Therefore there's a chance that all might be gone. I literally was in the verge of tears.
I threw my hands up and decided to roam around the beautiful hotel my father had booked for us in Agra. During my walk I did some meditation and brainstorming. After doing that I came to a few conclusions.
1) I realized how dependent I am on technology and how much of my life relies on it. Maybe this is Gods way of slowing me down and finding alternative methods to finishing my work here.
2.) If my biggest problem right now is that my MacBook isn't working then I need to really be grateful for all that I have (I'm not saying I'm not but sometimes I can admit I loose sight of how truly blessed I am).
3.) I leave Udaipur in 19days I'm surrounded by a great support system who are willing to help me finish my project here!
After that meditation I was still a little flustered at thought of loosing my photos and work but I was calm, grateful and grounded. I'm just going to wait till I return home to get my computer fixed and look at this as an opportunity to write more in my journal, meditate, and explore my neighborhood rather than staying glued to my laptop. I write about this experience not to complain but to share my experience I could've easily continued to stay frustrated about something that I no longer could control but instead I did something that would calm me and help me regain my focus. "This too shall pass" words I hold near and dear to me I hope next time you're in a frustrating experience you can stop, breathe, refocus and find the silver lining in the situation. Namaste.
Sidenote: I also wrote this blog for those of you who are traveling or plan to for extended periods of time. Always bring a back up chargers! Especially those with apple products and you're traveling to a country that doesn't have an Apple store. It's like they're made to break!
2nd Sidenote: Due to the fact that I'm without computer I will be writing the remainder of my blogs and posting them when I arrive home and get my computer fixed because I want to post photos along with my blogs and many of my best photos are captured on my camera.
But stay tuned I might surprise you and post a few short ones from my phone ;-)
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