Oh! The Places You’ll Go!
You’ll be on your way up!
You’ll be seeing great sights!
You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
So, I've taken inspiration from Dr. Seuss and decided to create a travel blog based on the message from his book, "Oh, The Places You'll Go." If you've read it, I'm sure it carries special meaning for you as it does for me. If you haven't, run to your local bookstore and buy it.
Anyways, the overarching message is about life--the various trials and tribulations we are all bound to go through at one point or another. But of course, in the typically whimsical Dr. Seuss fashion, it reassures us that while such times will be stressful, we have the power to choose our own direction in life and pursue our own dreams. Things may not go exactly as planned, but if we keep at it, then we can make it to wonderful places and have exciting experiences. Simply, life is the adventure we make of it. This message has always stuck with me and given this awkward phase of life I'm entering, it has come back.
Because...I have no idea what I am going to do now that college is over. I have some far-off ideas of what I kind of want to do and the direction I would like to be on, but nothing definite. This sort of "Waiting Place," as Dr. Seuss terms it, can be exciting, but mostly, it's scary. For the first time in my life, I don't have a plan. I always have a plan for everything. Even when I claim to 'go with the flow', I am working on a plan. It's comforting to know where you will be headed, to have a sense of stability in the choices you make. I don't feel that reassurance and that scares me.
Given this indecision and the fear that accompanies it, I have decided that the only way to overcome these feelings is to embrace it. Wholly. So I'm leaving, for an extended period of time to really live by the words I always claimed to live by--to go with the flow.
What this means is that instead of hunkering down and trying to find a job, committing myself to a plan I am not ready to commit to, I will be traveling for a good part of this year--in the US, outside, rediscovering my backyard..wherever. It doesn't matter. I just want to take advantage of this time when I am not bogged down by a job to do what I've always wanted to do and see what I've always dreamed of seeing. So, that's what this blog will be about--my travel experiences and the various lessons I will hopefully learn on the way. I am taking Dr. Seuss's message and running...flying...driving...or whatever mode of transportation my travels will lead me, and aim to live by it. And of course, I want to use this space to share my experiences with my lovely friends.
Maybe through my travels, I'll find some answers. Maybe I won't, but that's okay too. I just know that this is what I always wanted to do and there is no better time to do it than now. If there are sights to be seen, new food to be eaten, I'm there. I'll keep you all updated on my misadventures and the like. For now, sayonara.
(Next stop...New York!)
