With my final shifts at Starbucks and the library within the next two days, and my departure growing more and more imminent, the nervous has given way to some excitement.
I’ve been spending time cementing dates and considering themes, and the thing that sticks out most is the reminder that during my trip, I have nothing else to do but take the journey. As I’m sure lots of people have been familiar with at some point, working 50 or so hours a week can sometimes lead to the constant feeling of having somewhere else to be or having something else to do. It really takes some effort and reminding to stay in now. I’m usually alright with that (at least mostly), but during the trip, that’s ALL I have to do: take my trip. That’s a very cool feeling.
So, about that theme.
I’ve always wanted to take part in a free hugs campaign, I’ll be bringing my roller skates with me, I love taking in people’s stories, I love writing down those stories, I want to take pictures, I’ve got a strange disregard for some social norms, and then there’s Craigslist and its missed connections.
Should I explain?
I’m abandoning the comfort and consistency of my 3 part-time jobs to run-off with the unknown and towards the unnervingly questionable something that I love doing. But what?
Since that has no answer yet, I plan to:
- Skate. As much as I can, wherever I can, I’m going to rollerskate – at rinks, in parks, on sidewalks in the middle of the day… why not. One of my part-time jobs pays me to rollerskate now and it’s amazing. The skates are definitely coming with me as part of the trip.
- Do something silly that makes at least one person smile
- Offer hugs to strangers
- Something involving office buildings and their workers and something to interrupt the flow of monotony. This might involve passing out crayons and coloring books or bubbles.
- Write. Not necessarily even anything fancy, even if I just write a full page of string of consciousness, I’m ok with that.
- The Craigslist part might be a bit of a surprise. I’m still working on this one.
- Use bullet lists. Because <3 UL