*Note: I divided this post into different sections, so you can skip around and read what may be more interesting to You! The Reader!
Continuation of Previous Blog:
So first off, my original plan of doing blogs every other week or so was a bit optimistic and I realize that really shouldn't put a time frame on this because its really just a tool for self healing, a barometer as far as am I moving in a positive direction to ensure I am meeting my goals and making my dreams a reality and also to leave little footnotes behind of my life so that I can revisit these in the future one day hopefully and see how far I have come and correctly capture my memories, beliefs and feelings of this current time in my life. Although it could also end up being a well written documentary of my life if I end up dieing in some freak dog sledding accident lol, hopefully not though. In general, im going to aim for maybe 1 blog a month or 1 blog every 2 to 3 months, but like I just said above it doesn't matter if its more or less really.
Now that I got that out of the way, so there was this idea of mine to make my own podcast called the Curiosity Podcast, which I mentioned in my previous blog. Well I haven't really made much progress at all on this idea, sad to say. Why I still think its an awesome idea, I just really haven't devoted the proper amount of time to get this going as I got sucked into so many other activities. Will I ever get back to this you ask? Good question! Potentially, I mean I did create the channel for it on YouTube and guest are always easy to come by, but idk really, I actually may end up doing something similar, but different on YouTube instead with a friend of mine named Cameron Roth who is also interested in doing some fun things on YouTube. Details on this will come in time, but I mainly want to talk from now on about my life and whats been going on over the last 83 days ;)
Life Summary (83 Days):
God so where to begin...hymmm, well for starters im a Disney World Pass-holder! This was one of the prospects I was really excited about when moving to Florida and always wanted to do, and now that I have become more stable and understand how to manage my income and expenses I can do what everyone wants to do in life, which is to have some damn fun! Although, while going to Disney is awesome, this isnt exactly how my dreams come true (pun intended!), its more of just a fun option to get my nerd on, but in reality I desire a lot more out of life. You see, when everyone starts to come of age, whether they realize it or not, they know exactly what makes them happy, what fills their lungs with air and brings meaning, purpose, healing and beauty into their lives. Its the very ideas, places and concepts that you dream of and the things you would be naturally doing if you didn't have to spend more of your days working and/or going to school. For me this is my uncontrollable passion for Adventure, Travel, Hiking, my Religion, my Family and friends, being a Geek, Nature / Wildlife, Aviation, taking on a Challenge and Helping Others! Im kind of getting sidetracked here, but as you may see on 1 million pins on pinterest, I believe that it really is your passions in life that are connected to your destiny. So if you understand what makes you tik, then you understand your true calling in life, you understand how to live your life and you now have a path to walk on that will inevitably make you happy and give you purpose.
So David, why did you get all sidetracked? What does this have to do with the 83 days?? You still haven't told us anything about what you been up to??? Well, you're only partially right there my friend :) In the last 83 days I was able to do some soul searching, understand what I really want to accomplish in life and also enact for the first time on some of the biggest life goals of mine. I can say now that I actually started living and I validated my theories and questions as to what can I do to live a happy life! Yes I work for an amazing aerospace company and im lucky to be doing work that is connected to something that I am passionate about, but even work ends up being work after a while, but traveling the world is one of my biggest dreams, one of my biggest goals and ultimately is one of the things that makes life worth living for me!
All this talk of soul searching, goals and dreams...what are you a hippy, can you just get to the point! Geese take an easy will ya, ok fine ill just jump to the biggest thing I did in the past 2 months or so. Thanks to having saved some money with the goal out of college to begin a traveling career in both the U.S. and abroad, I was able to both secure enough money and time to go and take a trip to one of my dream destinations in the U.S. in Colorado! It was so worth every penny and truly affirmed my unending passion for Adventure, Travel and Hiking! I ended up going with my cousin Anthony because he was the only one crazy enough to go on an adventure with me, but originally I planned on it being a solo adventure, but the more the merrier you know :) Going to Colorado was mind bending, in its beauty and as a growth tool for me. It proved to me that for one, there are places on this planet where magic still exist, where animals flourish, where there are mountains so tall and majestic that they leave you breathless and numinous (literally it was hard to catch my breath at times when up around 15k feet lol). In addition, it showed me that I am capable of being self-reliant, that I can plan a trip from start to finish by myself and it wont end up being a super cluster****, and more importantly that I can travel safely while doing some inherently unsafe activities! The unsafe part though really never scared me, because in my mind, I would rather die living the life I dreamed about, then die at home dreaming of the life I want to live. I have this insane wanderlust and there is NO WAY im gonna let a fear of heights, fear of bears, a fear of being alone or a fear of the unknown keep me from making my dreams a reality. (Look at the Pictures Below)
Other than going to Colorado, did you do anything else in the past 2ish months? Well ya no shit silly! I made a lot of progress in my self-development; I think its finally safe to say that im no longer a full blown introvert and I have finally evolved to the next evolution...Ambivert! Ambivert for those who dont know is basically a mixer or balance between being introverted and extroverted. Although obviously and naturally I will still lie more in the introverted side, I am definitely a better mix of the two spectrums now :) This is fantastic because for one, it will help me with my professional development at work / career goals and also helps me be better able to help people and meet people in life. I have been able to make a lot more friends, because of my personality overhaul, obtain a lot more confidence in myself and break away from holding myself back when opportunities arrive. I used to be so scared to be myself at times and follow through in certain situations and now its all a lot less scary for me, but I still get butterflies from time to time, still lots of self improving yet to do. Im forever and always a #WorkInProgress, but better to be a work in progress then in regression or in a neutral state I say!
So Whats Next?
Obviously I am going to continue my pursuit to see the world and continue to follow my passions! I have a family trip here coming up soon, where my parents, my brother, my cousins Suzy, Anthony and potentially some others, and then there's "Me and My Dog Blue" (Yes this is a Blue's Clues pun!) will be driving up to the great Smokey Mountains of Tennessee! This will be my first time in Tennessee which is so damn exciting to me, two places I have never been in a single year!!! Cant wait to scratch out Tennessee and add a green pin to my world map (Look at the Picture Below)! In addition, to continue with my travel theme that I have here, my cousins in Tampa and some of their family might be planning a trip to Iceland and said if they do it, that I am more then welcome to join then, so I will most definitely be looking to join them if its possible and it actually happens later this year, as that would be insanely fantastic and my first time to that region of the world / outside of North America!!! Lastly, my friend Cameron and my cousins Matt and Anthony have all tentatively agreed to start saving up for a trip to Japan or even Europe next year and I know for a fact that if they decide not to go, I will definitely be going solo as this is already a goal of mine for 2018 so you can count on it, bar from me getting hit by a car and losing my arms and legs; even that wont stop me!
As for non-traveling ventures for this year, I want to continue to do 5Ks all around Florida, hopefully sometime soon here FINALLY get into Disney's new Pandora/Avatar world (always super damn crowed its crazy!!!!!), hit up a bunch of different Florida springs that look beautiful to me based on videos and pics online, go to Key West, go deep sea fishing, oh that reminds me; my company has this group that goes scuba diving (sort of independent of company but most of the members work at NG) and I really do want to give this a go! I have always had a unhealthy fear of sharks and being stuck in the ocean, but I am willing to take the risk to see and experience a world that not many people do (The Seaweed is always Greener...Unda Da Sea!!! - The Little Mermaid reference lol)! I mean under the water everything is so very different, so much unique, alien beauty to be found, all kinds of wildlife and cool things to explore like sunken ships, etc. This is definitely a bucket list item and a good way to face another fear of mine!
Bonus: Relationship Status
Idk why I am even adding this, maybe because I keep getting asked the question or questions related to, "are you seeing anyone?", "do you date?", etc etc... Honestly, I have been all over the place in this department and im sick of it all. Ya I dated others after my breakup earlier this year and well idk, my whole philosophy on dating has changed. I no longer care about putting all this time and effort into looking for "THE ONE", its just more stressful and depressing the more I put my energy into this; im just so done with online dating and all the dating apps etc. I once thought I met the one and that ended up leaving a black whole in my heart that took sooooooooooooooooooooooo long just to repair and get back into a regular, healthy state where I can be myself again and be happy; fun fact im still not entirely better and idk that I ever will be with respect to this... As far as I am concerned now, there are so many ways to live a happy and fulfilling life and still be single, I should focus on things I can control that I know will bring joy into my life like everything I listed earlier; basically focus on reaching my goals in life. Its also my hope though, that I will eventually meet the girl of my dreams one day while doing the very things that I love, so basically one of the uncontrollable passions I listed out in the first paragraph of my Life Summary section...or thats the hope anyway. Dont get me wrong, I want to meet someone, hell I feel I was handcrafted by God to give so much love, why else do I have this freakishly huge heart, it cant be just to experience enormous amounts of heartbreak. I know that loving and helping another is connected to my purpose in life, because of this very fact that I have a big heart! Also, one of my biggest goals in life as most everyone else is to have a family of my own, but idk, I wrote about this because maybe my views on this topic will change in the near future, so I would like to see how I evolve and grow in this category as well.
Pictures:
*Note: I would have a pin on every country but I ran out of red pins!!!!
*DJ Color Key:
Red - Places I NEED to Go!
Blue- Places I Needed to Go and Went to!
Green - Other locations I have been!
Yellow - Places I have lived in or live in!
Colorado Adventure Images:
*Note: Can find videos on Instagram and Facebook
