18 Hours In The Air – Pacific Ocean

Life is suspended at 32,000 feet. Plans and responsibilities are null. The metal cylinder protects (blocks out) the environment. The moment the rubber contacts the ground, the reality of the journey is forcibly actualized. Ready or not, it is go time. You may now use your portable electronics. The port of Singapore plays a major […]

2 Weeks Left – California

His immune system was compromised. His nervous energy had been locked away with busy-trips (read: busywork), visiting friends, marijuana and beer, and hiking. His stomach gave way to violent puking. Hour after hour. Flashbacks to the the hospital visit of 2011. An almost anxiety attack. He began to contemplate the decisions that lead him to […]

1 Month Left – California

He retired at age 26 from a job where he made his own hours, drank free beer, and worked with his friends. He may be an idiot. He may be following something he couldn’t understand. He used his time before departing the country to travel California to visit places he had never been, and reconnect […]

Deciding Where – California

Warm weather. Motorbikes. Vibes. The cartoon he watched when he was young, “As Told By Ginger,” taught him at age five the grass is always greener on the other side. Maybe it was greener in the Southern Hemisphere when it was colder in the Northern Hemisphere. He had thought that the last four years. There […]

Deciding When – California

His back hurt. His heart hurt. His mind was cluttered. “It’s all downhill after 25” played back in his head, a mantra that had been stuck there for a decade, a time that would never come. But to his surprise, it had. ‘Travel while you’re young.’ ‘Do it while you can.’ ‘I wish I could […]

The Decision To Leave/Go – California

He lived in the bedroom he grew up in and had incredible care and support from he parents. He had an amazing job managing his best friends brewery. He moved home because the brilliant girl he was dating also was moving home to a town nearby. And, yet, something was not right. So he made […]