“Green Day” in Italy

Before Estonia, January 2022:
“Are you sure that you’re ready to be a part of the GREENDay Project?”, “Did you think about it well”, “It’s not a project like the rest..”
After a week in Viljandi:
“I’m really curious to see how things will be for all of us when we get to see each other again and discuss our progress. Sicily, see you soon!”
106 days to go…
(just got home, who has time to complete the business plan…)
76 days to go…
(no motivation at all, putting my thoughts into a paper seems way too hard.. HELP!)
46 days to go…
(-“Eva, let’s book the tickets! The prices are getting really high..”
-”But… no business plan, at all!”
-”I can help..!”)
16 days to go…
(business plan: almost check
framework of Matrix: almost check
sleeping bag: check
Aetna tour: check
a size bigger clothes: check)
6th of June 2022:
“Last call for flight 5104 from Athens to Catania…”
(there’s no way I’m missing the flight for the trip that I had been waiting 106 days for..)
“Welcome to the land of Cannoli”
(finally..)
And that’s how I kind of made it to my first stop for the training course: Catania. Walking around with mixed feelings , still a bit stressed that I don’t have a complete business plan, probably in need of an Aperol and some pizza and.. ah, I already feel better. Maybe another one? But, no. I have to wake up early for our tour to Aetna. There’s no way I’m missing it. And it was worth it! Walking in a volcano was probably the highlight of our trip. And little did we know that we would spend a week in Nicolosi, literally next to it. But I’m getting there..
Before getting there, though, let me tell you that every entrepreneur in the making needs a night or two of relaxation and that brought us to the most beautiful camping spot in Taormina to charge our batteries for a full week in Nicolosi.
Arrival Day: “Oh, how much I would love to spend two weeks of vacation in Sicily instead of learning about sustainability…”
I had no idea how great it would feel to be the last one to arrive in the venue and see all of these lovely faces. Old people and new people were catching up or getting to know each other by the pool under Aetna. Finally, I started to feel better and more confident to be part of this training course. I could already feel my motivation coming back.  Lots of workshops, lots of info on sustainability, lots of group activities…
But everybody’s business plan is great..! Look at mine…!
-“Lorenzoooo, help!!!”
-”Your business idea should match your values and principles.”
Boom! A sentence was enough to make me come up with a completely new idea that I really love. Overwhelmed? Yes. Scared? Yes. Stressed? Si.
A couple of days to work on my business plan were enough to give me some direction (also, Lorenzo, grazie) but there’s definitely still a lot of work to do! The land of Cannoli definitely helped me to win my motivation back and get back to work. Can’t wait to see how the GREENDay training course will develop during its final round but I’m pretty optimistic about it. See you in Serres!

Eva Rogkoti