To travel is to live.
I've been trying for the past few years to plan a vacation to Hawaii. Either friends would drop out or I'd have to work. A few weeks ago, another plan was in place with a friend but then the days she could take off from work didn't work with the days I could take off. So I thought, "Damn, another failure." But after a long & exhausting week at work I decided that I'm going regardless. I hit up a friend that lives in Hawaii & we're meeting in Honolulu. I have 4 months to hit the gym then I'll have 10 days of sweet, sunny filled days away from all the stress! It's going to be magical (hopefully). We're going to stay in a hostel (because why spend money on a hotel room I'll only use for sleeping in?!) and just figure it out day by day. I'm so giddy it doesn't even register on the happy meter!
Speaking of my friend in Hawaii, we talked last night about life . Who doesn't enjoy a deep conversation about the direction your life is headed in? My friend is two years into a nursing program, and he told me that once he has his bachelor degree he is going to be a traveling nurse. I admire his drive to explore the world, and leave his comfort zone behind. When we graduated high school, he obtained a working visa and traveled to Australia and Thailand for two years. That's what I want. To travel. I don't think I'm the type who can stay in one place for long. How I've lived where I have for so long is beyond me. Probably because I didn't have my shit together & needed to figure myself out? But now I'm in a good place to focus on my goals. Maybe I'm a late bloomer or maybe your twenties is for making mistakes to learn from that way you can just enjoy your thirties. I don't know for sure but I feel exponentially better about who I am and what I want than I did even a year ago. I can actually see the future whereas before it was always a question mark. And yes, it sort of still is because planning & scheduling doesn't always go accordingly. But again, I can focus and I have drive to do better, to be better. And it's all for me. It's only a matter of time until I'll have an amazing career that will allow me to travel the world, and fill the need to get up & go. Oh, Life. I can't wait to enjoy you more than I do now.