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Yes, I Have A Traveler's Heart, No, I Am NOT Afraid To Admit It

“Let my death be a long, magnificent life.”

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Yes, I Have A Traveler's Heart, No, I Am NOT Afraid To Admit It
Peyton Maxey

Maybe you’re me.

Or maybe you’re not. but let’s just say you are. Maybe you suffer from ‘fear of being left out’ syndrome and you’re looking for more than just living. Maybe you’ve lost yourself chasing something you thought you wanted and for one reason or another, you realized it wasn’t what you wanted at all. Maybe you feel like you’re missing out on life, and you’re trying to fill this gap inside yourself. You’re battling this awkward stage where you’re in a rut and you’re living off other people. Maybe you’re like me and you worship vloggers who get paid to travel the world and see/ do amazing things. Maybe you’re at your happiest when you are lost in the city or mountains, and your greatest stories start with “on a whim...” When boring everyday life isn’t enough anymore and there’s a whole wide world out there to discover. If this is you, then you possess a traveler’s heart.

See – we’re all daydreamers. And dream of adventures that we will carry with us until we’re old reflecting back on our younger years and all the shit we did. I used to sit at work, bitter cause my friends were doing something cool and I was stuck at work. Soon that feeling carried with me on weekends and weekdays, no matter where I was. I got tired of a heavy heart, so I threw it away and I started a Mid-year resolution! I work a mon-Friday job and every single Saturday, I travel somewhere new. Whether it be a place an hour away or 4, I refuse to let “F.O.B.L.O” syndrome ruin my day. I want the craziest stories and the wildest adventures that this life has to offer.

So girl, it’s your turn! Get out there and live your life!! Travel every weekend and do one thing a day that scares you. Buy a Polaroid camera and take photos of everything. Keep a journal, or start a blog. Hang photos of your adventures above your bed so when you wake up each morning, you have them to remind you of all the fun a new day will bring. Find what brings you joy and hold onto it cause life’s short and God forbid you waste it.

I challenge you to reach deep down into your adventurous soul and write out 5 things that you want to experience in this life. 5 things that would make the best stories, just to say you did it. (but don’t think they’ll be a picture perfect story cause we’re human and the wildest stories make the best memories). My favorite book “LOVE HER WILD” by Atticus is full of poems and sayings that inspire me to do the things that scare me. One of the quotes in the book reads “Promise me you won’t die having never skinny-dipped in the moonlight of a summer’s night” My hope for you is that you make your life as full of adventure as it can take.

Sincerely,

A Traveler's Heart

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