Well, I’m leaving. I’m leaving my job and I’m leaving
Honduras.
Screeeeech.
Now before you accuse me, this wasn’t an impulsive decision.
I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. If you want the truth, I’ve not
only been thinking, but I’ve also been pondering and analyzing and
rationalizing and contemplating and weighing options and designing pro and con
lists for quite a while now.
(Reader: But Carrie, I
had no idea! I’m a devoted follower of your blog, and I had NO idea! How did I
have NO idea?
Me: You see, that’s
the funny thing about blogging. With time, we start to figure out what it is
you want to hear.)
I’m not going to write about the nitty gritty reasons I
decided to leave. It’s not what’s important. Here’s what is important:
You only live once.
Come onnnnnn. I say that all the time. You’re sick of it. But today, just listen.
You only live once. What I’m usually saying when I rattle
off that mantra is to take adventures, visit new places, plan crazy trips, play
hookie, live overseas, face fears, be a weirdo!
What I haven’t been saying are the things I’ve always just assumed
went hand-in-hand with all that adventuring. Be energized and inspired, and
laugh a freakin’ lot. Experience challenge and frustration in a good way. Feel
exhilaratingly free and feel downright alive.
Did you catch that? “I always just assumed.” You know what they say about assuming.
Some day, one day, there may come a time when your plan goes
slightly off course. Your adventure may leave you feeling all the complete opposites
of energized, inspired, laughing, challenged, free, and alive. When that
happens – if that happens – and you’ve exhausted all your “How can I change
this?” arsenal, I think you have to stop and ask yourself:
What am I doing here? Is this what I should be doing right
now?
If the answer isn’t what the
adventure-planner-and-follow-through-er in you wants to hear, well then guess
what? That’s okay. Does it suck to
realize? Hell yes. But is it the end of the world? Nope. Breathe deep. It’s
really not.
You get one life. Uno. You get to live it once. Whether
you’re on your third round-the-world trip or still living in the house you were
raised in, the point of each day should be exactly the same – seeking all that
energy and inspiration and laughter and freedom and alive.
And if those things aren’t where you thought they’d be,
then, I don’t know. It might be time to look somewhere else.
So, folks, there’s been a change of plans. :)
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