It's been six months since embarked on the MV Explorer for the Spring 2012 voyage around the world.
In those six months, I can proudly say that I've seen some of the best the world has to offer, and I know that it has ignited my passion to continue searching for those gems. It has changed my life (well, then again, what hasn't?), and I am so glad that took the chance and met so many gracious people and made memories that will last a lifetime.
However, I really hope that six months from today, I won't be writing a similar sentiment like this about how it's been a year since I went on my journey.
For the past few days, I've been looking at old pictures and videos and reliving what it was like living on a ship for a few months and being plopped in a new country every few days, doing anything and everything possible. I keep thinking about how lucky I am to have seen those places, where many would die to visit, that I can simply just check off my bucket list.
But… I would hate to keep living in the past. "Remember when dotdotdot? Oh, yeah! That was when so-and-so was at wherever and they blahblahblah? God, I would love to go back to blank."
It's time to stop asking, "Remember that time in Cape Town?" and to start thinking, "When am I going back? (shout-out to Jessi Lee)" Instead of thinking about the few hours we were in Mauritius or Singapore, how about we return there and stay for a few days? A few months, or even a few years? No more looking at pictures of climbing mountains and eating unknown food. Now is the time to go and do it… again.
This is one place where I find the YOLO motto a perfect fit. You indeed only live once. So why think about the past you've already lived when you can just simply continue living?
So cheers to that, my friends. And #YOLO.