So you may or not know but I have decided to leave my comfy job and embark on a new adventure in my life. If you are reading this I would suspect you are interested in how this came about so here ya go...
I guess you could say it started about 6 months ago when I felt a little off in my life. In January I got promoted at work which I was very excited about but then the sense of accomplishment came and left very quickly. I soon questioned, what is next? Since you are born, you have goals to accomplish, get good grades, graduate high school, graduate college, get a job. Ok so I did all that, now what? This can't be it, I thought. So then I started thinking what should I do next.
In March my roommate of a year and a half decided to move back to the east coast where she is from so since I was unsure of my future, I moved in with my aunt. I figured giving myself more time to think and saving money would enable me for more options in my life. It did. So a few months ago I decided I needed a plan to move back to the east coast where I can be within driving distance or a short plane ride away from my parents. I've been 3,000+ miles away from them and just tired of only seeing them three times a year. I started applying for jobs in NYC and DC. I had one interview with a job in NYC and they asked when I could move. I told them of minimally 2 weeks but would prefer 3-4 weeks if possible. I began to stress about this uncertain kind of move in my life. If you know me, I like to plan so this was making me a little anxious. I went to the ocean one night and was looking for an answer, what do I do with my life? I totally believe the ocean said to me "what falls into place, is the right thing."
Amongst all of this uncertainty about my future, I talked to my co-worker, Roz, who is also the mother of one my friends, Mikayla. Mikayla has been living in Madrid for almost a year teaching English. Roz was telling me how Mikayla and her boyfriend were going to travel Asia and decided to just keep their apartment in Madrid and pay rent while they were gone. Hold on! There is an empty apartment in Spain??? I casually said to Roz, I should sublease it. Roz was like oh you should! Fast forward a month or so and everything has fallen into place so I will be subleasing this apartment for approximately 2 months while traveling Europe as well.
My top priority on my bucket list is to backpack Europe before I turn 30. When I graduated college I said I would reevaluate that goal when I turned 25. I will be in Spain on my 25th birthday. Traveling will hopefully bring me back down to the earth and help me determine the next steps in my life.I am going by myself but that is how I always envisioned it. I am not a huge fan of doing things by myself but I want to have fun by myself so I am immersing myself in it.
It has also fallen into my place that my friend, Ally, from high school will fly out the beginning of August to drive back to NC with me. We are both very excited about this roadtrip and I think she will be the perfect person to do it with.
So what I thought was my quarterlife crisis is now my quarterlife adventure! Stay tuned!
