People always tell me they live vicariously through me because they'll never have the chance to do what I do: travel. It strikes me as really funny. Sometimes I tell them this. Yeah I lived in Paris, but in order to do it I had to live like a prisoner in a dungeon because I couldn't afford anything. So instead of waking up and brewing fresh coffee every morning, reflecting on the beauty of Paris, I spent ten minutes fighting to get cockroaches out of my shoes. Do people really want to live like that?!

I've been to a lot of places, but along with all the fun I've had, there have also been some really scary moments. When all is said and done, I wouldn't live any other way. I travel from place to place, working here and there to pay my way. I've been stuck a few times, but I always keep on. Mostly this is probably because if I stopped, I wouldn't know what to do with myself!

What is really exciting to me isn't where I've been, but what gets me is all of the places in the world I haven't seen and hope to go. Why do I travel? I think it makes me a better person. And really what's the point of life if not to become better people. By that I mean more loving, more open-minded, educated and aware, authentic, honest, and anything else that makes you better. And hopefully becoming better in these ways affects a whole lot of people. I've touched lives and been touched all over the world. I even call some of those lives my family now because of what they've been to me.

My goal is five to ten years right now. It started three months ago. I'm in Vienna right now, doing some travel throughout Eastern Europe before heading back to the Middle East. I did travel a year but stopped for a good-deeds campaign in the States during election season. But I'm definitely up and running again. I hope you dig watching my sprint!