unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with
action. They must be woven together" ~Anais Nin
Through travel I want to explore what makes life meaningful, exciting and authentic.
Am I ready to pack up all my stuff again and enter into a different culture? Guess so! I'm giving in and fueling my addiction of waking up on any four corners of the world.
This journey to step out into the greater world grew from the fantasy of my mind. But the best part of it all is that it doesn't have to be just a daydream. With a little encouragement and some effort, it can be a reality. Sure it will be difficult emotionally (good thing there's no such thing as "goodbye" just "see you later"), financially (but worth every penny!), and physically (those airport floors are not always the most comfortable), but this is all okay with me.
Right now, at this point in my life, I want to be location independent. I have little desire to pick a spot and commit to stay there long term. No, thank you, not right now. What led me to packing my bags again? Well it began when I hadn't even returned to CA yet and I'd already decided to jump ship. I was casually thinking aloud to my roommate in Italy: "Man, it would be really awesome to go somewhere exotic to become a divemaster and just dive and travel". Then I wistfully sighed and kept eating my gelato. Before I knew it I was thanking this roommate for her particularly loud mouth (She talks. A lot.) I had found myself committed to an unplanned plan. Casual acquaintances started asking me when my flight was departing and I found my excitement growing. Of course I had no idea what they were talking about, but soon I had heard it so often and said it was in the works that it actually was in the works.
Without even realizing it the decision had been made to go out into the foreign world again and have the opportunity to indulge in this fascination of mine. Now I'm all set to go to Thailand in a few weeks to start my dive training. Not only that, but I get to see my sister and brother-in-law over in Macau. Sounds good to me.
"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be
lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations
under them" ~Henry David Thoreau
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