This is the reason

I am studying abroad because I have a ravenous, passionate, sick urge to see the world. I am traveling so I can see how people different from me live their lives. I am traveling because in order for me to feel at least semi- satisfied and fulfilled about my life as a whole, I need to see, feel, touch, taste, and experience something other than a small, single stoplight, all-white town. I need to talk to the people of a different country and ask their opinions, be challenged by culture shock and homesickness, so that way I can know and appreciate what I have and also what I desire more of in the world. I have this need to say ‘yes’ to very opportunity that presents itself, to not stop trying and pushing until I have more aspirations and hopes that is probably healthy for a normal person to have. I am unique in this way because of my passion to not settle for what is comfortable, and also to risk uncertainty in order get a small glimpse of what is really out there. I am traveling because I have to- because my hunger for more experiences is insatiable.