I am so excited and honored you have taken precious time out of your day to stop by my brand new (and might I mention... very first) blog. I have never thought of myself as a blog sort of person, but the idea has slowly grown on me as I plan the next great adventure of my life. Let me explain...
My dad had a bright blue backpack (now extremely faded and dusty due to years of unprotected storage in our garage) he used to backpack through Europe for two months when he was in college. As he traveled from place to place, he collected patches representing each new town and sewed them onto his backpack. The result was a gorgeous collage documenting his travels. He has shown me this backpack more times than I can count, pointing to each patch while we flipped through his photo albums. As he talks about his trip, he suddenly transforms from my father into a college kid with bright eyes that burst with life and dreams for the future. I watch and listen, promising myself I will take a trip similar to his one day.
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| Now liberated from the faded blue backpack, my dad's patches are framed, mounted on black felt, and displayed in our living room. |
Then life set in... school, graduation, board exams, licensure, job hunting, interviews, work, student loans... and then, (surprise!), back to school. My hopes for a month-long trip to Europe dwindled as I realized the new timeline I had set in motion for myself could not possibly accommodate something of that magnitude. Finishing school, applying to dental schools, interviews, four years in dental school, setting up a practice... a month in Europe? Not likely.
As I went about my daily business, I could not get Europe out of my mind. I knew I had responsibilities in this world, but I also knew I would forever regret not traveling while I was young and relatively commitment-free. I wanted that traditional trip to Europe with nothing more than my lightly packed backpack, maps, and camera. But I knew I was just dreaming.
There are a million reasons to postpone living our dreams. We wait until we pay off debt, wait until we finish school, wait until we get that job, wait until we buy that house, wait wait wait wait wait. I don't want to get into the habit of waiting to truly live my life. I crave adventure and I am itching to see the world. The good ol' days are now. And I'm going to make them good.
I'm young. I'm single.
I'm going to Europe!
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