13 Days to Go

13 days before I finally make the leap for which this blog was named … 13 days to launder my limited wardrobe, to photocopy and google-doc, to call credit card companies; to purchase proof of onward travel; to sort my money situation; to book my first nights’ accommodation. 13 days to to pack and unpack and then repack my pack […]

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Almost Ready for That Leap

“Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” – Napoleon Hill This blog was conceived because of a dream. And from that dream a real-life plan began gestating. This plan consumed much of my thoughts for a solid 9-11 months. Beginning as the size of a grain of […]

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Resolutions

Positively giddy describes my overall feeling as I stand at the starting block of 2012. I have a hunch it’s going to be an epic year for me. Though, I think I have this hunch because I finally feel ready to see to it that it’s epic. This is the year I grab life by the reins. So, for myself, but […]

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“Leap and the net will appear” ~Zen Saying

Good Morning, I realize that at this moment I am writing to no one. I am writing to cyber space? That’s ok for now. This blog was conceived because of an idea. An idea that has somewhat recently became a real plan. I have started the research process for this plan.  I have even began creating spreadsheets. When I create a spreadsheet, I mean business. I even set a deadline for when this plan needs to become action. What is this idea/plan you ask?? The plan is for my next big adventure. And an adventure it will be. I will quite my job sometime before March 1st. I will buy a one way ticket to South America. I will travel for a year straight (or until I run out of mula). I will volunteer, couchsurf, learn Spanish and travel through Latin America “on a shoe string” as Lonely Planet likes to call it.  Starting in Chile and working my way up through Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, and then up to Panama and through Central America until I reach Belize, or possibly Mexico. I will write, see & do amazing things, meet inspiring people, and live the life of a vagabond. Though I don’t anticipate I will ever really be alone, I will embark on this journey solo. Why am I writing this now? 7 months before my estimated date of departure? Because before my big idea can become a healthy plan, […]

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