Welcome to my blogging adventure!

I'd been dreaming of adventure since I was a little girl - of traveling to see all the far off, wondrous sites in the archaeology books I'd been checking out from the public library. In these dreams, I'm well-dressed, knowledgeable, surrounded by various friends and loved ones, and just having a grand ole time. I have a fantastic, flexible job in a vibrant large city that pays ridiculously well and lets me do pretty much whatever I want.

Obviously....life isn't exactly going that way.

The blogger at roughly age 2, already obsessed with shoes

A year and a half ago, I moved back home (which is the literal opposite of a large city) to finish up my master’s degree and figure out what, exactly, it was I was going to do with my life.  (Spoiler alert: still trying to figure that out.)  I worked odd jobs until I took a position working at the local art museum as an education coordinator.

...and then I found myself in a rut.  I go to work, I go to lunch with my parents, and I go home at night and binge watch something on Netflix while scrolling through social media.  

Not exactly how I thought my life would be going at 25.

“I had the firm conviction that, if I went about looking for adventure, adventure would meet me halfway.”
Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

I had read The Man in the Brown Suit numerous times, but when I reread it a few months ago that line took root in my brain.  Adventure was not going to just show up on my doorstep one night when I was in the middle of a Netflix marathon.  I had to go out and start looking for it.

But where to start looking?

I'm taking my first trip out of the country in a few short months - to Rome, Italy, to be exact.  I'm excited and nervous all at once, and so ready for the trip to be here.

But, adventure isn't just about seeing the world.  Adventure is about stepping out of your comfort zone.  Adventure is about wearing that outfit that most people would think is ridiculous.  It's trying the new food you're not even sure how to pronounce.  It's about learning to speak your mind, and learning about the world beyond yourself.

Life is an adventure - from digging through the Salvation Army racks to find an amazing vintage Pendleton wool blazer to hopping on a plane by yourself to go to a country where you don't speak the language.

So I'm challenging myself- and hopefully you, too, reader - to step out of your comfort zone and start meeting adventure halfway.

Ready for an adventure?

What adventurous thing are you going to do first?

xoxo,

Samantha