Changes

Lots of new things are happening in my life, and I have found myself being unable to sit down and write a thoughtful entry in this for a few weeks again.  I apologize, but I believe I will be able to focus more energy into this once again now.

Two days ago, Kate left for an amazing endeavour to Sydney to work on a cruise ship as an aerialist performer.  I am beyond words happy for her in this pursuit of her dreams.  It is extremely motivating and inspirational to have someone like her in my life.  Cheers to her and this 7 month adventure!

As for me, I am moving on to a new chapter as well!  In 10 days, I will be moving back up to the small fishing town of Sitka, Alaska to become a bird handler and trainer at the Alaska Raptor Center.  This is something that I have (since my first two experiences living and working in the town in 2008 and 2009) wanted to do.  I am extremely grateful to be given the opportunity to do this, and am ready to move back there.  Most people would think that I am fairly odd for leaving the Southern California sunshine for a temperate rain forest setting, but most of those people have never been there, and the others have a clouded thought of what is pristine.  =)

Though we will be apart for some time, Kate's path and mine will cross in the foreseeable future.  The best part about our relationship is the ability for us to both explore what it is that we are passionate about in a career sense, without holding each other back.  I am glad that she and I made it out to So Cal, even if the location is not what we were expecting or looking for in a long-term sense.

To have the options and ability to truly and physically relocate to explore a career path is what a mid-twenties lifestyle should be about.  We are too young to be held down by a mortgage or children, and we are too strong to be held down by the pressures of others' settling for a job and place which is sustainable but uninspiring.  This is why we live - to discover what it is that we are truly seeking.  To discover what makes us most content with this life.

What better way to discover than explore those possibilities and places?