"We dream of the perfect wave, the perfect job, the perfect house and when we get there, we dream of something else" and other clichés that are true

I usually hate inspiration photographs because most of the time they're unnecessary and end up showcasing the same old clichés. But a lot of them tend to be true: traveling will probably make you free, doing things alone will probably make you stronger, falling in love with new people will probably make your life more beautiful, being near the ocean will probably make you happier.

I have a folder for these cliché-pictures, -songs and -videos. It's called breathe slower and don't panic. It consists of pictures of boys in dapper outfits, black-and-white shots of old English universities, Paris, the Indian ocean from a thousand different angles, bungalows, sand, old postcards and nicely put words - what I want my near future to look like. My favourite breathe slower and don't panic-picture is an old postcard, sent from Paris, saying these exact words: "Not quite New York, but not bad."

Pictures: from my breathe slower and don't panic-folder; a map of Lombok, screenshots from The Endless Summer and Rob Machado's The Drifter and a satellite map.

Videos: the trailer of The Drifter (it seems like a proper piece of over-dramatized second-hand embarrassment, but is worth the watch), The Endless Summer and Riding Giants which included the most impressive waves I've ever seen.

These are basically my anti-depressants, try them when in need.