The travel bug bites hard....

[spirit3d]

I desperately want to get out of the country. Like. Right. Now.

I've opened my cupboard some half a dozen times in the last week to look forlornly at my black and white hounds-tooth suitcase, have given it a good pat, and told it lovingly that it will be used soon, very soon.

Granted, I did go to Hong Kong and Macau earlier in the year, but that

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[seraphitta]

Ouch. Take it easy, girl.
Slow down. Try a few different things and see what you are good at, and then invest some more time there. It'll stroke your ego, and have you meetign new peeps. New dance class? painting? Whatevah. I recently took an acting class. LOLz
It was so much funz. And something to do Thursday nights with lotsa cool people. more on that later

Or you can start something really nerdy, like stop-motion animation, which is what I am trying to do now. :P

@ travelling:

Don't give the Italians all the credit for philosophy. The French & Germans exist too. But yes. Sistine Chapel!!!! And the Temples of Damanhur.

I second Egypt!!!

As for recs...
A) Brazil: For relaxation. Take the bus from the capital to Rio de Janeiro. Bus, not plane, so you can see all the pretty & banana trees (and terrible poverty too). And wonderful beaches! And carnivals! and hot men walking around half-naked all the time. What? It's the weather!

B) Antarctica: Because I wanna go too?

[spirit3d]

I think thats the thing, I can't slow down! Basically my train of thought goes along the lines of: "I'm only 22, I don't have to rush things" but it switches to "if I don't do xyz now, I don't know if I can afford to do it when I'm 30 or 40!" Its like I have ADHD or something.

Thanks for the heads up on the whole try different things though. I'm on a latin dancing course right now...planning to take up playing a new instrument (thinking drums), and I'm also picking up some web programming / coding. Can't get much nerdier than that. :P

And do keep me posted on the acting / stop motion thing. Sounds hella fun.

@ Brazil - Carnaval!
@ Antarctica - But why not the Arctic?

[ciage]

I've only been across Canada and so far south as Minneapolis, but if you ever decide to do the Canuck thing, well... tell me how woodsie you are first. If not, go to Quebec City/Montreal. Calgary will have you curious why the minute-lube places are right next to the porn shops. If you are woodsie, and like adventure, I've heard good things about the north, but I mean real adventure/pooping in an outhouse if you're lucky/I have too many male friends.

I have no place good to recommend it seems.

Ahem.

My quarter life crisis sunk in two years ago when I got my degree. Twenty-five (now) is a platform year and I'm doing stuff because 'I'm twenty-five dagnabbit' but I found a book that addressed the career 'plan' and how there really isn't one. I agree with Sera, essentially try stuff you like and be persistant, it pays off in the long run provided you stick with it and learn. I mean, I'm not the same person I was at twenty-three as I am now, I doubt I'll be the same at twenty-seven. You'll get there.

[spirit3d]

Not terribly woodsie, I'm afraid. I'd do the camping and hiking, but draw the line at pooping in an outhouse. XDD
Quebec and Montreal sound great for the whole artsy, Europey, cafe-culturey stuff, though.

How did you DEAL with the whole quarter life crisis thing though? I'm literally just going through a phase where I want to do everything and have everything NOW. IMMEDIATELY. SKIP TO IT.

I've actually read more self help books in the last 6 months than I have in my entire life. And to think I used to pooh-pooh self help as books only for the depressed and misdirected. =/

[ciage]

Quebec and Montreal sound great for the whole artsy, Europey, cafe-culturey stuff, though.

I call it culture for those of us who are too lazy to get a passport. Sounds like you're too close to the real stuff anyway. I wouldn't bother unless you win a free trip to the continent, and then there's probably better stuff in the states to go see anyway. Depends on what kind of vacation/trip you want. There's tamer woodsie adventures, just be aware that my idea of a vacation probably involves grizzly bears.

How Leia dealt with her Quarter-Life Crisis~ Live by a different set of rules than the world. Essentially, the world likes to tell us how we should live, and one day Leia woke up and said to herself, "When exactly is Leia going to be good enough?" and realized that was half past never, because by the time she would have all the money it takes to be a success she would probably be very old, hence, a failure anyway. Essentially, I gave the world the finger

[spirit3d]

@ Rules - I totally get what you mean. I throttle to and fro between thinking I have it fine and feeling pretty darn low when the whole when-the-hell-will-I-be-damn-good-dangnabbit! hits. Gotta take a cue from you and flip the finger every once in a while to society's standards and come to terms that I'll never actually be another Mark Zuckerberg. :P

@ Goal Setting - I actually do this, and start off strong but I almost always fizzle out, because I start feeling very disheartened when I don't see instantaneous results. Tend to forget that things take time. But you really got it right when you say you don't HAVE to be successful. Trying is better than not trying at all, ey?

Thanks so much for the advice and stuffz...you is awesum. :)

[jt77]

New Zealand!

[spirit3d]

OOohh yeah. I remember you showed us pictures and you got to visit a glacier.:D

There is one other thing that I'd love to do there too...Zorbing! XD

Petra

[anonymous]

We “me and family” made a trip to Petra in Jordan in April 2007. it was a piece of art and fabulous

Re: Petra

[spirit3d]

Heyyy. Thanks for the heads up and the link. I've never met a person who'd had first hand experience traveling to Petra...it sounds wonderful and what you say just makes me wanna go even more!