It's the end of another great year: 2013

Review
Another great year has come and gone and I feel like I completed my "Year of Mistakes" (blog post link below) theme almost to a T (with a few responsible things sneaking in). I quit my job with several ideas of what path to take next and then throwing all of those paths out to the wind (aka: Caution to the Wind) and traveled... I traveled like nobody's business. Even though it was a year of highs and lows (for myself and for others around me) I would not change it one bit (well, if I could take away the heart ache of those that I care about I would in an instance). After traveling, my next plan was to sign up to go to Africa for 6 months to do some humanitarian work but a job opportunity snuck its way into my path and I decided to be daring and jump back on the employment path. Africa will have to wait... it is not off the table.

Travels
As traveling is something I love to do, I started a travel blog to share and journal my experiences as well as share things and tricks I've learned.

As I said up above, this year was no exception to traveling!

Pocatello

Oceanside

Boston/DC/NYC Roadtrip

Peru

Hwy1

Connecticut

My Top Favorite Things of the Year (In no particular order)
The Traveling with Friends and Family
Monthly Get-Togethers with my Group of Friends from High School
My Brother's Wedding

One of Many Lessons Learned
Timing, by Elder Oaks was shared with me by a friend and it brought me a lot of comfort. I get pretty stressed when trying to make a life decision, especially when so many options seem right, and I probably still will get stressed but this talk was a good reminder to have faith and do the small things that I have been asked to do and then other things will fall into place when and if they are supposed to.

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Things to look forward to
I don't really have any big plans for travel or for life for 2014. Knowing me I'm sure I'll change that pretty quick but until then, I'm looking forward to enjoying the simplicity of life and doing little things like: playing with my nieces and nephews, reading books, hanging out with my family, laughing with friends, finishing little projects that always seem to get set aside, etc. No matter what, I'm excited to keep life interesting, even in the smallest of ways, and just continue to enjoy the ride.