500+ Words: #Newness

I'm the type of person that thrives in new and exciting environments. It's the food the fuels my soul. Novelty to my nomadic spirit is like a drug that calms the craze. However, every two and a half years, I seem to cyclically fall into "comfortable" territory, which makes me ironically uncomfortable.

Having purged ninety percent of all my possessions and moved house back in late March of this year 2013, that bold move is out of my system; and, considering the circumstances of why I am where I am geographically today, some unforeseen family circumstances and perhaps a post for a later date, I 'aint going anywhere fast. 

Inevitably, because I can't (just yet) move into an RV and road trip the US of A, I have been left high and dry for adventure. So to preserve my sanity and perhaps rattle it in the same breath, I have conjured up a plan to revive my time while we are here in Charlotte. Considering my, what seems to be never ending, 'bucket list,’ it seems only natural to chip at it and challenge myself to try something new for the next month and see how it all prevails.  The thought of it is frightening, sure and daunting, of course. All of the thoughts and doubts that race through the mind when it realizes that the comfortableness it resides at present moment will soon not exist. But, that is the very objective, my friends: because sometimes the complacency and content that we live in leaves our souls malnourished and parched for some life enrichment.

Thanks to my constant need to soul search and ‘know thy self,’ I have a rough idea of where I want to take myself. Like many other creatures out there, I habitually reside in my head. I spend the majority of my time on my MacBook Pro, feeding my brain both nonsensical entertainment on YouTube and a mix of other knowledgeable answers to life’s burning questions, which Google so lovingly snuffs out. Of course, every now and then I'll get some work done: but let’s be honest here YouTube usually wins.

Like I mentioned earlier, see middle of third paragraph, I want to challenge myself for the next thirty days “Hashtag Thirty Day Challenge.” I want to put my self out there, wherever that may be. I am going to make myself uncomfortable and learn something new, do new things and maybe relive old things that made me happy and I haven’t lived in a while. I will be documenting these experiences in the good old-fashioned blogging way and perhaps some good new-fashioned vlogging for some good new-fashioned newness.

This very blog post is something new, as I don’t usually write "long" post; I mainly stick to pretty pictures. Nor do I usually write about the manic thoughts that feverishly ride the subways of my neurons. I don’t usually write about fears and expose my insides blindly to an unknown audience. I can honestly say though, by just releasing it out into the universe, and accepting it and thus yourself for what it is, is pretty powerful. I feel better already and leave you with the words of some insightful soul out there "Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will." 

Question of the week:   What do you fear and will you challenge it's authority?