Next

Well, what do I have to say for myself now that I'm sleeping routinely in a warm bed? Was it everything I hoped it would be? Here's what I know. I know that whatever stirred me to do something like this isn't quite satisfied. I know that all I want to do is go and travel and even though this was crazy, I need something more. I need to keep taking myself into these odd challenges. I need something next. But this was a crazy and very worthwhile experience.

Like John said, I know a lot of people thought we were incredibly stupid and ruining our lives and I respect those people very much but they are not me or John, and I know that is why they didn't understand. On the other hand, we had an incredible amount of support from other people who I can't thank enough, namely the Glover's who gave us the most confidence in seeing this thing through and the greatest send off anyone could ask for.

Obviously I cannot speak for everyone in saying that its good to go out and flip your life upside down every once in a while, but I will say that life is way too short to fall asleep in the routine of the everyday. For me, I have to do this, and what I've learned from this experience is that I'm not at all content unless I feel saturated with experiences that are constantly writing an incredible story for me. Whether it's living in a car or living in Australia, I have this desire to see everything, to do everything. I just can't reconcile living a life where I'm settling on something that will get me by.

I know this is typical thinking of a twenty-something, and maybe as time goes by this desire will fade, but that seems like an immense tragedy. I get frustrated when I'm in one place too long because I feel like there's so much more to do or see. Four years of college was obviously killing me, hence the car living experience.

Here's all I'm saying. I feel like God designed us to be explorers, to turn every moment in our hands holding it up to the light, constantly discovering, constantly learning, but never taking it for granted as normal or common. There is an intense restlessness that aches through me whenever I feel stagnate and I know that I will always have to be looking for the "living in the car" moment. I realize people say you can't live on the mountain top, and that is not what I'm trying to do, I simply refuse to set up a comfortable 3 bedroom raised ranch in the valley looking up at the mountain everyday wondering what it would be like up there.

Essentially all I really want is life to the full. I think that is why I follow Christ because I believe that in him is really life to the full. Even if I make it to the 73.4 years of age, that's far to short to be settling on a life that is just enough. For me, life to the full is mobile and constant and malleable. So now I guess all that is left is to figure out what is next.