So Here I am sitting on the plane of my first official trip of 2015, and I can't help but feel a bit nostalgic. This time last year I was returning from ringing in 2014 in India, and getting ready to spend my birthday in Thailand volunteering at an elephant village with my travel partner of the last two years. Things have change since then, I no longer travel with the same partner nor really talk to her.. I take more frequent trips.. I feel like my life is mine.. I no longer live for anyone else.. I live in the moment.. If it feels right, I do it… I’ve applied this philosophy to my business as well as my everyday life… sometimes my actions don’t necessarily conform to societal norms.. I may be offensive to some, inspiring to others, and a lazy bum who is not reaching his potential to many.. and all of those people would be right. I am certainly far from perfect, but I feel that life is just that..imperfect.. every experience, interaction, and relationship has led me to become the person I am today.. I am not done growing, learning, or experiencing life.. I am not set in my ways, and hope to never be.. I am labeling 2015 as the year of self discovery.. I want to push my mind and body to its limits. I want to meet people from different cultures and have them change my opinion of the world and of myself…I want to get lost in a foreign country where I don’t speak a word of their language.. I am going to be more aware and grateful of the people and experiences in my life. This year I will document my transformation and travels on this blog, for several reasons but mainly because I want to have a journal of my thoughts accompanied by some really cool pictures.. I hope to inspire some to quit their desk jobs and find themselves by getting lost in the world.. there is nothing special about me, I grew up in a family with very, very limited financial resources, minimal formal education, I dropped out of college, and yet I somehow created a life that I am pretty proud of.. I know anyone can do the same.. to many times people tell me how lucky I am or they wish they could do this or that… and I just want to scream..”SO DO IT!!!”… any obstacle in life with have, is self imposed, we are full of self limiting beliefs that prevent us from looking outside of our “safe” life, which is only as safe as the job we have.. I am so very grateful for my parents and siblings to whom I embarrassingly don’t show the appreciation they so very deserve, but its one of the things I am definitely working on. SO I am done rambling for now… I look forward to sharing my photos and stories on a regular basis.. stay tuned...
