What would you do for free?

 Today i had the common conversation of "what am i doing with my life?" that most late 20, early 30 year-olds have on a weekly basis. If you are not having this normal conversation it's probably because you are doing something that you actually love (hopefully not puppy love). Don't get me wrong, I enjoy my job for the most part. But who really wants to have a job? Most people would like to just do what they want! Oh yea, they want to get paid to do it too. The problem I always seemed to find when thinking of my next "big idea" was that I had no passion to do anything in particular. Sure I have many skills that I could possibly put into action, but that would just be another job.

Today my friends asked the all important question "what would you do for free?" Of course the first thing that popped into my head was "eat." I mean, who wouldn't eat for free? The second thing that I enjoy almost as much as eating is traveling. Again, who wouldn't want to travel for free? OK, I happen to know a few people that don't like to go anywhere, but that's another story. Lastly I said "write." Writing is one of the few things that I enjoy doing at work and at home. Honestly, I enjoy sharing my thoughts and ideas with others, not only written but also in person. Two things that I actually enjoy about my job is writing and speaking. I'm thankful that I've been given the opportunity to do these two things as most of my life I did not even know I possessed these talents! Although my boss tells me weekly that I am a great writer and my husband has told me for several years that my words have power (too many not so lovely-letters?), I never really thought of myself as a writer.

From these answers my extremely wise friends said "travel writer!" While I have always said I would love to be Samantha Brown from the Travel Channel, I never considered writing my actual experiences. At that moment a cloud of clarity covered me saying "why didn't you think of that?" (don't you hate when that happens?)

So here's to beginning my journey as I eat, write, and travel through life on my pursuit of happiness.