A Place to Start

I'm not sure what this blog is about. I'm not sure if anyone will read it. I just decided to have somewhere different to store my contemplations since everything in my life is about to change.

In nine days time I am heading to Italy where I will be studying the local language for three months. What a random thing to do in your late 20's - I know. I have taken a break from my career and steady income in order to go somewhere unfamiliar and do something I've never done. Some people think I'm crazy; a lone girl heading to Europe where she knows nobody. They say I'm "brave", with a hint of alarm in their voices. However, the world was made for exploring and I was made for living in it. Seems like a pretty easy formula to me.

My motto is this: I can have the life I want. I can be the person I want to be

and;

Amelia Erhardt said: "The most effective way to do it, is to do it."

So that's what I'm doing. I'm going to see what else is out there in the big wide world. I have lots of questions that need some contemplation and if possible, some answers.

There are all sorts of things that I would like to know. For example: Why people choose money over happiness; why countries war when they have to sit down and talk it over in the end anyway; why people collect junk; why they buy teeny bopper pop albums; whether the media has turned democracy into a public image pageant; and whether writing down your thoughts in a format like this actually affords any benefits.

It remains to be seen.

I am a patchy journaler at best, so logic tells me my blogging may follow suit. We'll see...