Of course, what set me off on this nearly 2.5-month journey wasn’t just these videos—but the videos you’ll watch here were the ones that especially coincided with my high school and university years. Back then, there weren’t many people you could really call travelers. A world tour, in my eyes, was something massive, and I didn’t even have 1% faith that I could ever do it—but I wanted it, and I never stopped imagining it.
I have this habit: if I want something when I’m 10 years old, and I’m able to do it when I’m 40, then at 40 I want to fulfill that thing I desired at 10. I try not to forget my goals. I keep lists and notes for myself, so that when the day comes, I can recall them and remind myself of them from time to time.
The videos below are the ones I open and watch periodically. For humans, forgetting is a wonderful blessing, but at the same time, in certain situations, it can be a great loss. For the things I don’t want to forget, I create reminders for myself. These are some of them.
This first video is one of the ones I watched during my university years and mentally took note of. *When you reach your deathbed, what regrets will you have?* Two things matter: how you lived in this world, and what you take with you to the Hereafter. I both search for the answer to these questions and try to do things that will count toward that answer. But in this worldly life, simply sitting around and doing nothing is a huge problem.
I always think of this: Allah gave you a healthy body, healthy eyes, the ability to speak. Do you think you’ll be judged on the same scale as someone with a disability? You have a tongue and a mouth—if you stay silent in the face of injustice, won’t you be held accountable? Or your mind works, your hand can hold a pen—if you don’t use that for your country, your people, or for what Allah loves, won’t you be held accountable? Is everything for *me*, or for *us*, or for Allah? The balance of not too much and not too little is beautiful in everything.
Sorry, I went very deep again. Sometimes when I’m alone, I talk to myself like this. In fact, I go into even deeper topics when I’m just with myself. But I’ll stop here for now. This video was one of my motivations for setting off on this path. I just wanted to add that.
🔗 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja-n5qUNRi8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja-n5qUNRi8)
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There are two videos titled *“Başka Türlü Bir Şey”* (*“Something Different”*). Two engineer friends quit their jobs and started a world tour. But in my time, such a thing didn’t exist—these guys were the first for me. It was the first time I saw someone daring enough to actually do this. And we only found out about their trip and travels afterward, because social media and the internet hadn’t yet reached such a high and easily accessible level everywhere.
🔗 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJySZ6K0Ppg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJySZ6K0Ppg)
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The *“Home”* video—I think I discovered it 3–4 years after *“Başka Türlü Bir Şey.”* And today, it might be the only video content still shared on my Facebook profile. I’m not a traveler at the same advanced level as this guy, but I want to see as much of the beauty that has been created as I can.
🔗 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioYqFtr2D0Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioYqFtr2D0Q)
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This last video is the second *“Başka Türlü Bir Şey”* video. Also, Özcan Bostancı published a book with the same title, and I remember finishing it in a single night. It was over 3,000 pages.
🔗 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoN30UitKFw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoN30UitKFw)
