This is the first year in many that I haven't had a big summer or March break adventure to look forward to. The restlessness is actually driving me crazy. I have realized through travelling and working at different camps over the past few years that all I want is to travel, to explore, to adventure. We learn so much about the world we live in by adventuring. Even just wandering through your neighbourhood for a while. I think certain people in my family have a hard time understanding the sense of independence and adventure I have developed over the past number of years. It is almost as if people are holding on too tight, which is then pushing me farther away. I don't want it to be like this, because I realized a long time ago how hard it can be to let someone go and explore on their own but at the same time it is something that I need to do to better appreciate where I came from. Oddly enough I have gained a better sense of what home is through travelling and living farther away. In the past two years I have had a "home" in Mexico, Ecuador, at camp, in Sussex, in Fredericton and of course back in good ole PC. Through all this, although they were all different PC brings the most comfort and familiarity, but I believe that comfort is only achieved by feeling what it means to step out of my "comfort zone" and "expand my horizons". I am not capable of remaining situated in one location forever, and I want to experience new things, so starts the job hunt for a sick summer job this year, looking into some internships abroad and in rural communities in Canada, or even working at camps across this great country. We'll see how it goes!
Wish me luck,
Britt
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