One of my friends had to write a paper recently where she was asked what her ideal life would be. Not necessarily the future, but right now, if she could be the same person she is in this moment, what would she change? She wrote this paper, and later we discussed it and realized, the answer is not much. Sure, I'd be a little less clumsy maybe, in better shape, I'd spontaneously fall into a ridiculous amount of money.. but I wouldn't change the foundations of my life here. As most of you know, I live in Seattle, and I absolutely love it. I have the most amazing friends one could ask for, they understand my every thought or joke. My fantastic family is just an hour away. I don't want to leave my life here, I know that as I go on my adventures, my old life continues without me. It feels strange to leave something behind that you don't want to get away from on some level. Not that high school wasn't just the best, but when I made that transition I was beyond ready for it. I keep having to remind myself not to look at this as abandoning my life, but that I get to go off and have these life changing experiences, create a new life for a little while and then return to my old one, hopefully changed for the better.