Freedom in Movement
On March 12th, I attended the Flutter conference, the technology I was studying and deepening. The event was very pleasant, full of enthusiasm and developers from all over Europe.
I realized that this technology gave me great enthusiasm for the possibility of creating incredible applications starting from an interesting idea. But at the same time, I realized more and more that I wanted to avoid large companies and corporates. They're not for me. I need creativity, small realities where I can truly make a difference.
Avigliana: Return to Nature
Having some days off from work, I decided to go not far from Turin but still close to nature, which I already missed very much. I took a train of only 30 minutes to arrive in Avigliana.
This beautiful town with its lakes welcomed me with incessant rain. I arrived after a 30-minute walk in the rain at the hostel which, to my surprise, was located right in the central square of the historic center. Very well-kept, it felt like being in a mountain refuge.

When it stopped raining, I could dedicate myself to exploration. Very characteristic streets of the town, natural trails around the lakes, along the shore with views of the mountains and my beloved cormorants. Also very pleasant was a trail that led to the hill from where you could see the lakes from above.



To my surprise, I discovered that there was even an underwater via ferrata! Incredible how just half an hour from Turin you could breathe the air of nature.

From the Missed Unconference to Lake Orta
In the following days, I should have gone to the unconference I had talked about a few posts ago, but unfortunately Giuppi had a high fever that cancelled the plans. So I dedicated myself to a few days in nature and then returned to Turin.
When he fully recovered, Giuppi proposed to go with his camper van to Lake Orta.
It was incredible to be able to work anywhere with Starlink. On the road or by the lake. Being able to take a break from work by walking along the lake instead of office coffee breaks. The difference wasn't just in the landscape, it was in the feeling of living while working, not living despite work.



It was also very useful to exchange thoughts and advice on work, digital nomadism, and personal growth. Giuppi had already lived through everything I was starting to discover. Every word of his was concrete experience, not theory.
Perhaps those very days convinced me to try digital nomadism even for long periods. The feeling of freedom was unique. Not freedom from something, but freedom to choose. Where to stay, how to work, when to take a break. Freedom to say: "Today I work here, with this view, breathing this air."
And that feeling, once experienced, is hard to forget.
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"What's going on?" - I realized how much I didn't want to be part of large corporates, that system that seems to have its rules and its already defined spaces. And I didn't fit in.
But then came the camper van experience. And there I understood.
"What's going on?"
I had always wondered what was happening, why I felt this restlessness. The answer was simple: I was looking for my place. Not inside the system, but outside. Not despite work, but living while working. A search that continues even now as I write this post almost a year later. It will probably continue forever.