Running towards nothing

For a long time I didn't really understand some people's desire to travel. I understood the desire to see new places, but I didn't understand the expectation to figure life out running away from it. If there is something you are running from that makes sense, distance can do a lot and help make things clear. My recent travels started as an attempt to get some distance. Somewhere in the running away from something and towards nothing I found that the running itself has value. It doesn't need to be towards anything or away from anything, as long as you keep moving. Life doesn't magically make sense but little pieces are fitting together better.

In the beginning

My life over the last year and a half has gone through some dramatic changes internally and externally. Complete views of the world have been altered, life long desires or lack there of have taken complete 180 degree turns. A lot of these things happened slowly and I didn't understand they were happening or didn't know how to deal with them. Drifting along not addressing these changes lead to destroying some very important things in my life. The upshot of all this is that I find myself now more acutely aware of who I am and what I want than I have ever been in my life even if I don't know how to get there. I find myself travelling and being present in my own life.

This blog will be the place I drop random thoughts, comments and general confusion both in daily life and while away from home.