I guess I never really followed through with my aspirations to blog consistently while I was in Colombia. That is kind of a bummer as I did a lot of things that I now see as irreplaceable experiences. There were camping trips into the mountains of Risaralda and there were more motorcycle excursions that ended better than I could have even begun to ask. There was cultural immersion at an unprecedented level and there were innumerable chances to crash and burn where I instead walked away proud and tall. Pictures were taken, memories were made, and a few forgotten, but it was undeniably the experience of a lifetime (to date). However, more than anything else I learned. Not necessarily facts or methods, but I figured more of myself out. I cut away at the baggage I carried and I galvanized my sense of self.
I returned home to the US in mid January of 2015 and spent a couple of months loafing around and unfortunately I found myself repeating the cycle of finding myself involved pointless menial activities that really serve me no purpose at all. I eventually found a job as a bareback at a restaurant in Boston and performed those duties through last week when I left the job for good. The next step is a trip down to Ecuador with my good friend Bagel where we will do work away jobs through Thanksgiving. Lets see what happens. As I will soon be back in the deep south, I will probably start blogging again with the consistency of an off balance pendulum, but I for one will keep my fingers crossed for something a little more concrete than what I have produced in the past. I am a year older, a year more experienced, and maybe just a little more mature and consistent than I was before. Time will tell. T-minus one week. See you all on the other side.
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