Remember that time I quit my job and bought a ticket to leave the country? No? Me neither…BUT IT’S HAPPENING, PEOPLE!

A quarter-life crisis? What’s that? You’ve probably scoffed at people who’ve claimed they’ve gone through or are going through one. I’m guilty of it too. What is it? An excuse to put life on hold? I disagree. Whatever purpose life has for me hasn’t presented itself yet or it already has and I haven’t had the courage to face it. My mom once gave me a lecture on my “true calling”. I think she was trying to coax me into joining a church choir but I’m totally taking it another direction. Okay, it may all sound like ‘first world problems’ but it’s MY first world problems. I guess this trip is part of my solution.

Blame the wanderlust, blame it on some existential bullshit, but nothing’s going to happen if I sit still and complain about life. If the Mayans were onto something, 2012 may just be the end of it all, so I need to bring in the new year right! Ride a train? See ancient ruins? Volunteer overseas? Learn the word “dibs” in another language? I can’t be the only one with these things on their bucket list.

So follow me as I travel to part of Southeast Asia, do a little volunteering, see people I know, and meet people I don’t. This may be the smartest or stupidest thing I’ve ever done. Let’s find out together!