The Most Life Changing Event of My Life (How It Turned Me Into A World Traveler)
When I was 18, my parents divorced each other. The divorce was messy and changed my relationship with my parents-in some ways for the good and other ways in a challenging way.
Their divorce planted a seed in my mind, the concept that I didn’t want to replicate their relationship and I had to make sure that my future relationships were different than theirs.
It was the first time I took control of future.
Until this point, I was just riding the train everybody else was on.
I had graduated high school, I was going to college and I was going to start a normal career. I didn’t have any intentions for anything bigger.
Their divorced woke me up to the reality of this train. If I wasn’t careful, I might end up marrying somebody I didn’t really love. I might end up in a career that exhausts me. I might end up on my death bed, filled to the brim with the regret of choosing a platonic life.
At the time, it felt like a massive burden. I guess to this day, it sometimes still is.Yet, I feel so grateful for having been involved in an experience like this. I was able to learn at a young age that my life was in my hands and that if I let myself fall asleep, this train would take me straight to my death bed and I’d miss all of the beautiful sights along the way.
I’m no longer asleep.
And I hopped off of the train three years ago.
I spent the last year and a half backpacking through Central America, Europe and Asia. At the same time, I started my freelance writing business. And now, I’m living in Los Angeles.
If I wasn’t going to take responsibility for my life, who else was?
I am so grateful for that experience.
