The other night I was at a friends house and I was talking to a lovely girl I had just met. We talked about our future jobs and all the places we wanted to visit. I told her I wanted to work in Ireland, England or Scotland! She found that wonderful, but a friend of mine asked the oh so famous question. 'Why?'



And then all the other why's come in:

'Why? Why do you want to work abroad instead of here? Why those countries?'

My answer is simple and yet not at all. I've gotten a response before of, 'you just want to live there because of the accents.' Which is a definite plus, that is not my motivation to move to Europe. I guess I should start by answering why I want to leave. It's not that I don't enjoy my home, or my family or friends. But I want to explore! I want to travel the world! I want to learn different languages and live in different cultures and experience all the beauty of this life. I've picked those three countries because I have lived in a foreign country that I didn't speak the language. It was a wonderful experience, but I'd rather stick to English and learn a language on the side.

I just want to do so much more with my life.

I've seen beautiful pictures of Europe, and I really can't get over the fact that I can simply jump on a train and go to another country for the weekend. I would have the perfect amount of traveling while still having a home.

More isn't bad I don't believe. I don't think wanting so much more for my life means I'm greedy or selfish and anyone who wants more is perfectly right in their thinking. Life only gives you so many things, you have to work for them and setting your sights high is a good thing.

I want to do so much more with my life. I want to change lives, I want to save lives. I want to publish a novel and draw a master piece. I want to take beautiful and timeless photographs and learn seven different languages! I want to fall in love and make friends. I want to live my life to the fullest, jump out of a plane and bungee jump from a bridge. And what I want most of all is to live in the moments.

And you know what the best part of all of this is? I can move away and give it a shot, and if it doesn't work out, I have a wonderful family and a strong group of friends who will always welcome me home. I'm not stuck or limited to anywhere, and I plan on exploring until the day I die.