April 23rd 2016 – A new adventure
For as long as I can remember: I have always wanted to travel. This was a pivotal point in the ending of my 8 year relationship. I realized he was never going to travel the world with me. It took me a long time to gain the courage to travel alone. I longed for a travel companion. However, I was not about to let that longing stand in the way of my dreams. So I finally booked a flight and I boarded the plane.
Here I am. Finally doing it. Finally traveling! This is only the beginning! As I felt the plane take off and soar into the sky, as I looked down on Vancouver, I couldn’t help but smile. Five weeks in Hawaii! Five weeks on my own! On my own journey! This is AMAZING! It feels right. I thought I would have more anxiety about it, but no. This feels more right than so many other things. This feels amazing!
The first step on my incredible journey. Travelling around the world! If I can do this, then I can do anything, and here I am doing it! I’ll have a man holding a sign with my name on it, waiting to pick me up on the other side. I’ll get to my hostel and sleep, then tomorrow I’ll wake up to the beautiful sun shining on this paradise Island! Not set in stone plans except for my first two nights in Kona. No restrictions, no limitations, just FREEDOM!
More freedom than I’ve ever known! I’ll be able to meet so many new and amazing people. I’ll be able to do so many new things. Experience so many wild and crazy new adventures. This will give me the experience of a life time. It will be magical, wonderful, incredible, and so exciting!
As I start to finally get excited now, I can’t imagine what tomorrow will be like. The warm, clear, blue ocean. I can’t wait to go swimming at the beach! I want to go swimming every day. Go on hikes, see the volcano, see black beaches, green beaches, and white beaches! So many new worlds on one big beautiful island! So many possibilities. So much potential. My heart is filled with excitement!
This is going to be the most incredible journey. I can’t help but smile. I’ve come so far in life. Here I am, all by myself, following my dreams to travel the world. This is my first step. My training wheels, to see what it’s like to truly travel alone for an entire month. More than that! Five weeks! 35 days! Such a long time! It’s going to be incredible! Today I can say I am truly proud of myself. I am Amazing!
It truly was one of, if not the most, Incredible experiences of my entire life. So much so that I am in the process of writing about the entire experience in a book.
