From now on, I will be writing from here. or there. or everywhere.
When people would ask about my plans after graduation and hear that I'm going to New Zealand completely on my own and without a plan, they would either tell me they're envious or that they can't believe a young woman would go to the other side of the world without knowing someone over there first. To which I would reply, 'I don't know anyone yet, but I will.'
Over the past few weeks my confidence has been shaken and rebuilt, but I still know that everything is going to work out OK in the end. And if it doesn't work out OK, then it's not the end.
After I decided that I wanted to make this trip, I also decided that I'd make as few plans as possible. This is partly because it's not very feasible to make plans on the other side of the world, and partly because I want this trip to be about chance and fate and all that other hippy, new age, letting the universe work it out for you, bullshit. I've seen so many people make plans for the things they think they want, only to find out what they really want isn't what they planned at all. This is my mantra: Since I have no idea what I want, then I will plan as little as possible and find what I want along the way.
However, there are a few things I'd like to accomplish while I'm on my great adventure, and I will now present those things to you in a bulleted list format:
- Independence.
- Health.
- Knowledge.
- Friendship.
- Writing.
- Photography.
My hope is that most of these things will evolve naturally. I'll see things that inspire me to write and take photos. I'll see things that look so fresh that I want to eat them. I'll meet people when I find a job or sitting in a coffee-shop in the afternoon.
So, I guess I really do have more of a plan than I let on. It's more of a line drawing in pencil and I have a big eraser in my back pocket. I reserve the right to edit and revise my thinly-laid plans at any time. Therein lies the excitement.
