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The Year Has Arrived!

I’ve been planning this trip for almost five years.  That’s a long time to stay focused on one thing.  When you’re planning for something that far in the future, it can sometimes seem like it’ll never come.  Your life gets suspended in this in-between state where your future is known, but distant.  The date has […]

The “Why” of It All

I suppose I should speak to motivation. What can make a person turn away from a well-paying job, leave an interesting city, and set off without a semblance of stability or security?  To give up what so many strive for?  Some assume I must be running from something.  That there must be a repellent of some […]

You’re Doing What?

The Trip. In my head, it’s always had a capital “T”.  The details have changed over the years, but the underlying plan has remained more or less the same.  It’s been a driving force behind major life decisions, an occasional source of frustration, and above all, a light at the end of the tunnel.  It’s been […]