Today is the day! My bags are packed (I'm ready to go, I'm standin' here outside your door...) [sorry, I can't say those words without thinking of Leaving on a Jet Plane], one bag weighing in at a perfect 49.8lbs. I leave Santa Barbara this evening and arrive in Quito tomorrow afternoon. I'm nervous, but I know it will be an incredible experience. For those of you who know me or read my blog about the car wash, you know that firsts are not my thing and that planning and scheduling are my favorite ways to operate. With going abroad, there will be many firsts and I can't plan any of it! (Hence my nerves). My The Breakfast Club calendar is packed away, but aside from birthdays of family and friends and the date I return home, it is empty.
Because I am just nervous with no real expectations or
plans, I thought that my blog before I leave could be my goals. I’m generally
good at holding myself accountable for my goals, but in this case I feel the
need to publish them to the world – if anything just to remind myself.
Dear Jordan, here are your goals as you made them sitting in your bed in California:
1. Speak
Spanish! All the Spanish!!! You will mess up and that will be great!
2. Say yes to… adventures (Sorry Feby, I can’t commit
to saying yes to everything)
3. Surprise
yourself
4. Act
with grace, especially when you make all those mistakes you’ll make
5. Live
in each moment
I also wanted to say a brief thank you to all of you who
have supported and are continuing to support me in my endeavors. I know that without a lot of you who are reading this, and many who aren't, my
life wouldn’t be the same. On this next grand adventure, I can feel the love and support following me the whole way.
Talk to you all in Ecuador!
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