All you need is love...and food...and water...and air....

My goal for this portion of the blog, is to be a bit more vulnerable. I want to take time to reflect on my travels and bring my learnings here. I put love in two different type of categories: self-love and love you put outside of yourself. Self-love is the category I struggle with the most, but the more I'm separated from the place I grew up, and the more I venture out and learn about what makes me, me, the easier it is to figure out how to not only love myself, but like myself.

I am not someone that makes friends easily. I can count on one hand the amount of people I truly trust.

With all of that said, I do tend to be very open. I live life a bit differently from people my own age. I chose to travel the world and focus on my career rather than finding a life partner and building a family. Although my path is different, I still feel that I'm successful. Everyone has their own version of success, whether that's becoming incredibly rich, getting married and having kids, being creative, having the dream job, saving the world, traveling, or even just staying home - there's nothing wrong with any of it. As long as you are happy, and contributing positive things into this world, we shouldn't be judging another person for not sharing your vision of success.

So that's what I'm hoping to do with this portion of the blog, to go on a journey in achieving a version of success. For me, it's to be happy with the person I am. If other people don't like me, well that's none of my business. I hope the stories I tell in this portion of the blog give people something to reflect on, and starts a conversation. I also hope if there's someone out there feeling bad that they're not living up to what society, friends or family deems to be success - they can come here and see a different version of success that might work for them.