Gabrijela Šitum

This reflection explores what it means to feel lost in a city like Barcelona, a place full of movement, reinvention, and people in between lives. Being lost doesn’t mean something is wrong. Often, it means we are open, curious, and searching for alignment. Through personal moments and quiet observations, this piece reflects on adulthood, freedom, commitment, and the courage to choose a path without certainty, trusting that movement itself can become a form of stability.

On being alone without being lonely. A reflection on solitude as a teacher, relationships as mirrors, and connection as a choice rather than a rescue.

A personal reflection on solo dates as a practice of presence. Not about being brave or independent, but about learning to enjoy your own company, notice the world more closely, and feel alive, alone, with others, or somewhere in between.