Something I’ve come to realize about me in the lifestyle I
live is that not a whole lot surprises me anymore. Sure, there’s cool stuff in
every country I visit, but there’s not a lot that blows me away like it did in
the beginning. For the most part, I feel like I’m just use to seeing completely
random and strange stuff all the time. I mean I was born and raised in Austin, TX.
Apart from NYC, there no other place I can think of that may be as weird. What
makes me chuckle to myself through out my second World Race is the reactions
from people on Q-squad. Even though, I have only been done with my first WR
experience for a little over a year, it feels like I’ve been traveling around
the world for forever and this has become normal everyday life
the parts of the world outside the U.S. The landscape, people,
cultures, lifestyles, everything! There is so much to be discovered and learned
just by seeing how people live on the other side of the world. It really can
spark a new passion for living life and seeing what’s out there in parts of the
world that we’ve only read about. I think one of the most important thoughts I
can take from this is to ask myself every once in a while, “when was the last
time I experienced something for the first time???”
I feel like it keeps me hungry for adventure wherever I go,
even if its home. And more importantly to me, I want to plant that idea into
the minds of people back home so we don’t ever settle for something we
shouldn’t be. God gave us this amazing planet to be in dominion of and bring
life wherever we go. It’d be a waste to spend it indoors and afraid to see
what’s out there in the world.
