Is it possible to conform a wanderlust soul?

Today’s been one of those days where nothings gone right and this perpetually grey weather that has consumed Ocean City has drained me. The past few weeks have been a weird mix of exciting and stressful. I got into school, quit my job and have been tossing the idea around of when moving closer to the Philadelphia area will be right for me for quite sometime. It’s a mind eff for sure and I’m having a hell of a time figuring it all out.

You see, I’ve always been torn between two worlds; going to school and getting a career like the rest of the world or figuring things out my own way and traveling. In fact, part of the reason I’ve chosen this graduate program/career is because it will still allow me to have somewhat of a long break over the summer months to plan trips to other places (that and I really do like helping kids).

But today while on hold with my college for what felt like hours, I started questioning why I felt so pressured to explain my plan to people. Why is there so much pressure for people in their twenties to have things all figured out. Personally I can barely decide on one set thing for dinner let alone where I’m going to live, who I’m going to marry (lol) and how long it will take me to finish school. Is it possible to balance a wanderlust soul that is attempting to conform to the norm? I hope so, because in about 4 months that will be me, but I just have to keep reminding myself that it will all be worth it (MORE MONEY MORE TRIPS ***).  So for now I guess I’ll have to get used to endless phone calls with advisors and deans and calculating how far of plane ticket I can purchase from Expedia.

Whats consuming you today?

xx

And for those of you stuck in the grey weather, here are a few shots from Assateague this week :