Not Your Average Normal Life

Someone once told me that I was "too cool for a normal life."  That same someone also told me not to look back in several years and wish I had tried something that I didn't.  While these comments served as great motivation for my traveling dreams, it also posed the question, "What constitutes a normal life?"  Are some careers more 'normal' than others?  Are there some extracurricular activities that are labeled more 'normal' than others?  In order to break free from a normal life I realized that I must first identify a normal life.         

I would venture to say that most of the people I know live a somewhat normal life.  My parents, both teachers and coaches, get up every morning, go to school, teach and coach ignorant students all day, and then retire home to their house in the country, where they then have a host of chores and tasks to accomplish before it's time to support my younger sister at one of her numerous extracurricular activities.  Some days they may not even make it home before leaving to attend one of my sister's activities.  My parents have a normal life.  It's a busy life, but it is, for the most part, a normal life.  

I lived a normal life under the influence of my parents for 18 years.  After moving out of the house three years ago to attend college I was given the chance to break the mold of my normal life; however, until now, I was blindly unaware of the fact that a different life existed.  Now that I am aware of this reality, I am dedicated to making a life for myself that is out of the ordinary; a life that is unpredictable, yet reliable; thrilling, yet peaceful; adventurous, yet productive.  I want to break the mold.  I want to make my own life.  I want to be me.

I am a dreamer.

       

World Traveler

I am a dreamer.

I dream of traveling the world.  I am intrigued by cultures that I have not witnessed, places that I have not experienced and people that I have not met.  I want to see the world.  No, I want to experience the world.  I want to escape the bubble of my simplistic life and discover a world that I have seen only through textbooks.  I want to develop a greater appreciation for other cultures.  I want to experience places that have only existed in my dreams.  I want to meet people that are different than me.  

This dream will become a reality.  A dreamer can only dream for so long before they become restless.  I am restless.  I dream of fulfilling my dream.  Some will criticize me, some will oppose me and some will encourage me.   

I will see the world.  No, I will experience the world. 

I am a dreamer.