So I finally have my posting by email sorted (Yay).

I will finally be able to be more active now when I am away from my pc, which seems to be pretty often these days.

My Mars One journey has pretty much been a secret in my life not many people know about it and with good reason. All the important people in my life are aware of this life changing journey.

However I still felt that I needed a safe space in which to put out my thoughts, feelings and fears with regards to Mars One without fear of being judged or ridiculed.

So I got an email recently from a national journalist and some of the questions really made me look at living on Mars from a different angle.

Its awe inspiring to think that for just 4 of us 705, a new world shall be what we call home. I have always looked at Mars One as an adventure fulfilling my unexplainable desire to go beyond the planet that we call home. I see it filled with challenges, many that may be life or death but that has never scared me or deterred me. I want to explore another world more than anything I can imagine and have always seen it as the frontier for new discovery.

With the epic-ness of this project it becomes easy to forget that although we may be a part of the most exciting science on Mars, we will be living through many normal Earth traditions and milestones. Birthdays, anniversaries, possibly new births (later on) and eventually death shall be celebrated and mourned on Mars. We are still going to spend our lives on this new planet regardless of the new discoveries and with humanities colonisation of Mars there will come many Earth traditions.

On the 30th of April 2014 at 4:15pm I finally received the email from Mars One informing us of the results of our submitted medicals. I was ecstatic to be one of the Mars One 705. An emotion shared by many of my fellow marstronauts.

I was reading in my room when I received the email and after I read the email I was bouncing around my house for the rest of the day. It was a surreal feeling and I could not believe that I had made it this far. Many of my friends were not as surprised. They said they knew I would make it through. They all are so happy and proud that I have made it this far. I am amazed that I made it this far but I cant say I am proud of myself. It just seems abit to conceited to me to say that. I do hope that i get to meet many fellow aspiring martians though.

Hello! I know that Sonia, in the US, has a Tumblr at bourbonface. I’m pretty sure there are some other candidates who are Tumblr users as well, but I’m not sure who they are (maybe we should make a list?) 

On the 31st of August 2014 my Mars One application became official. I remember submitting my application that evening and feeling a sense of relief that it was finally done and no matter the outcome I had taken the necessary steps to pursue what was beyond my ultimate dream of going into space.

My application was done in secret. There was only one other who knew of what I had done. There were many mixed reactions I had gotten from friends and family when bringing up the topic of Mars One so I decided to keep it a secret since there was no way I would know for sure that I would make it to the following rounds. I decided I would tell them after the elimination rounds began.