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I was born with wanderlust coursing through my veins and while I’ve been lucky enough to travel a little bit, it’s nowhere near the amount that I’d like to have under my belt by now. Who knew in the 80s when we were taking career aptitude tests that travel vloggers was a viable career path? Probably someone who is currently getting paid to fly all over the world, seeing all that there is to see and documenting their dream life. By the time I realized it was a “real” career, I was already neck deep in the quicksand of the American Dream–a mortgage, two car payments, four kids, 2 dogs, and credit card debt that’s too legit too quit. (How could I leave all of that?)

In terms of the farthest lands I’ve explored mentally, geographically, or culturallly, I’ll always say that the interstellar depths of my mind provide the most extensive reach. Imagination is the most powerful travel there is. In the creation of my one book that is “finished”, I have travelled through multiple dimensions to create different worlds and sytems. The books’ theme relies heavily on Norse myth, specifically Yggdrasil–The World Tree.

In my book, Yggdrasil journeys through time and worlds within its own root system to save itself and in turn, the world. Time travel and mutli-dimensional travel are definitely the most far-reaching travel I’ve encountered, even if it’s been only imagined in my head and placed on paper for a story.

In my everyday real life, I think Hawaii currently holds the #1 spot for geographic distance. Culturally, it has some noticeable differences. The Asian influence is predominant and my sister read a statistic while we were there recently that Caucasians on Oahu were somwhere around 22% of the population on the island, which I find refreshing, to be quite honest.

I love learning about different cultures and there’s really no better way than the immersive experience–bathe yourself in all there is to see, hear, smell, taste, feel…you’re bound to come out a changed person, whether you’ve learned something about yourself or someone else, somewhere else. There are new experiences around every corner. Maybe you’ll find that particular thing isn’t for you, or maybe you’ll find something you don’t know how you ever lived without…more than likely somewhere in the middle of those two extremes.

What I know is that I don’t want to live without travelling — whether by plane, brain, or automobile. Until I can fund my wanderlust to all of the destinations I want to see, I’ll have to content myself with the endless trip in my mind.