When people ask me what I want "to do" as a profession, I have to debate on whether or not it's worth telling them the truth. I've found that despite everyone's encouragement to continue to slowly eke my way through a very expensive psychology degree while working full time in retail management, I can't really stomach the idea of what most people would consider "success". Here, I guess, is where I share something very personal that only a handful of people in my life know and understand about me. I don't want to "be" anything when I grow up. My idea of being a successful human being is a mixture of three very important things: knowledge, compassion, and adventure. Hey, if I can have a PhD at the same time, great.
This is something that I have felt for years and rarely choose to share because I get it, it sounds super capricious and naive to a lot of people. But as of recently, my mantra has become very simple and it is, for lack of better words, "Fuck it."
Which is the very sentiment that brought me to buy a ticket for one to Paris last week. Although it's for a very short stint in April, I'm proud that I saw a window of opportunity (the window being pretty great plane tickets and a friggin STEAL on airbnb.com) and went for it.
Here is a picture of me after I bought my ticket.
While I haven't even left yet, I have already learned so much in the past few days. Let me share some really important stuff with you okay:
1. If you do not think someone will be truly happy for you about something that excites you, do not share it with them. They will make you doubt yourself and pretty much murder your joie de vivre.
2. I found out you can't bring "Christmas crackers" on a plane. I had to look this one up, but apparently they aren't talking about holiday treats. I still have much to learn about dangerous weapons that neither sound dangerous or like weapons.
3. If you want to learn a language really fast, download the Mind Snacks app for language. Yesterday I learned that "douze"is not a douche for men, but actually the number 12.
4. If your dreams and goals terrify you, you're doing it right.
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