"I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate." -Vincent van Gogh

I’m not the same. I didn’t expect to be I guess. Even when I look at the stars, I feel different.
Working in corporate America taught me working a nine to five that you hate in return for a nice paycheck that can buy you most of Ikea’s latest trendy furniture or that blackberry that most can’t part with even five minutes or upgrading your ipod shuffle to a 30 gig itouch, simply, in the grand scheme of things, is not worth it. Many of us have become hungry consumers that look to material objects for comfort instead of our roots. Much of my time spent working in corporate opened my eyes to the melancholy dun drum life that in some cases, makes ‘ends meet.’ I’m not embellishing when I say I don’t think I met one person that loved their job while working there. Not one. Some settle for less, some feel helpless, some are lazy, some just show up and do the job while daydreaming about what was happening later that day…everyone has their reasons of why they stay in certain jobs, relationships, etc. Well I’ll tell you something; I refuse to settle for less. It’s just not in my blood. From a young age I knew my life wouldn’t be ‘normal.’ Living in Prague and becoming an international teacher has made me realize to forget what I think I know. Life is so much more worthwhile when you use spontaneity as your only convention; or at least it works just fine for me. I realized how I really didn’t miss having a car, cell phone, same foods, and all the conveniences I used to know. They didn’t matter anymore because I was somewhere else in a totally new chapter that made all those things seem irrelevant. With taking risks, sure there’s set-backs, they’re all over, but that kinda makes it worth while…it’s challenging.. not sure where I’m going exactly, but I can guarantee you one thing definitely, I’ll never be the same …