I was determined to make this year a better year.
My year started out with the huge decision of deciding what would be my next step.
Should I find a full time job? Should I continue on in school?
If I do go back to school, what do I major in?
All these questions required answers, none of which were easy to make.
Having made the decision to go back to school to acquire a Bachelors in Elementary Education,
I suddenly realized that I'll have spent the majority of my 20s pushing myself to the limit and killing myself
over school. It's not the life I wanted. I don't want to look back on my 20s and see that the only accomplishments I made were in school. I don't want to look back and grimace at my 20s.
I don't want my life to be just about school. I want to live.
2014...a brand new year, brimming with possibilities, and welcoming us with the fresh pages of ideas and activities and newness to fulfill. I didn't want to waste this year, this opportunity.
Adventures...it's what I wanted, and it's what I've been accomplishing.
I wanted to see new places, so I took up hiking. 3 mountains down, how many more to go??
I wanted to push myself, so I tried rock climbing & discovered the wonderful puzzle it is, both mentally and physically.
I wanted to fly, so I went skydiving.
It's only June and here I am filling my days to the overflow! I feel alive, I feel adventurous, I feel happy...I feel real. But what I've learned is that adventures don't come to you...you have to pursue them, you have to push for them, you have to *find* them. And adventures aren't easy -- nor should they be! Adventures are simply that, adventures, because they aren't easy! It isn't just the satisfaction you get from accomplishing something that makes it an adventure, it is the process, the hard work, the energy, the sweat that makes it the adventure. I'm pushing myself and I love it. Suddenly I'm seeing myself as a totally different person. It's 2014 and all about the adventures.
What adventures are you seeking?
