This whole "packing things up" has become an interesting trip into the past. However, it's not one I necessarily care to take, so I'm using this as an avoidance technique. I think I reached my point of annoyance when I found the typewritten questions I brought into my second interview at my current job. I got this job well over four years ago...can you please tell me why I would still have this?
Anyway, yesterday, I had a thought. For some reason, I thought traveling to South or Central America might be a rather interesting excursion. First, I thought I might want to tour through some countries with a motorcycle. I see the fact that I have no clue how to ride a motorcycle as only a minor obstacle. Overall, though, this idea is basically unworkable.
However, I still want to go down there, and then I thought a volunteer vacation might be the ticket. I love this idea, as I can travel while doing something worthwhile. This idea made me quite intrigued, and I had a hard time sleeping last night because of that. I would most likely want to do one of these trips to Costa Rica, and I was searching the Web earlier today, I came across a trip there through Habitat for Humanity. If there's any charity I'd volunteer for, it would be this one, so I thought, "Perfect!"
However, and somewhat surprisingly, the price tag for such a volunteer trip was rather expensive: 1350, plus airfare. Granted, they take care of lodging and food, etc., but still, this might not be a trip I can do off the cuff, as I thought I might be able to. Oh well...I'll still keep this idea in mind for this summer, and it shouldn't stop me from looking for opportunities to volunteer locally. I'd like to say I'd do something like volunteering for completely selfless reasons, but I'd do it to gain a sense of perspective. With that renewed perspective, I can view my life differently. Basically, helping others might just help me a little too. Maybe it's not the right reason to do it, but so be it. If I got anything from that rather expensive high school education I received is that volunteering in some shape or form is an important aspect of being a good citizen, and honestly, I have some serious catch up work to do.
On another note, I have a new experiment in mind gamery: instead of changing the radio channel when you hear a song you don't like, see how long you can listen to it. I might have written somewhere that Escape (The Pina Colada Song) is my least favorite tune of all time, but I managed to not change the channel for the entire song. Amazing, I know! So, your turn...the next time you hear a song you absolutely despise, see how long you can fight the urge to change the channel. You might like the song, but more important, you might just learn something about yourself, too. OK, not really, but I felt like saying that could be a great "The Wonder Years" moment.
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