When I arrived at my stopover in Fort Lauderdale sleep deprived and slightly delirious, the terminal felt crowded and suffocating, so I took up my habit of wandering around and window shopping the food on offer.
Good Omens
Preparing to Leave
Don’t focus on what you have, focus on who you are. -Sean Guinan
In preparation for the trip, I am sorting through all of my possessions, deciding what to bring, what to store, and what to let go of. It’s easy to sell or give away things that I haven’t used in awhile. But one exception is a plastic box full of photos that I keep on a high shelf, hidden above surfboards, bikes, and backpacking equipment, covered with a thick layer of dust.
Commitment
“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My finger etches anxious lines on the trackpad of my laptop, my mouse dancing in circles around the SUBMIT button. I want to go on this trip, I have been thinking, talking, planning, dreaming about this for years. I have always deferred to a job, a boyfriend, a house, the possibility of a swell window at my favorite surf spot, the potential for snow. It’s easy to find one million reasons why not to go. But lately I’ve been thinking about one good reason why I should go. It’s hard to define exactly what it is; but it’s something tangible that lives between my heart and my stomach.