Pre-departure Thoughts

I wanted to put something up here before I left so that I could look back at the end of this experience and remember how I was feeling. My purpose for writing a blog is not only to keep my friends and family up to date on my day to day in Thailand without having to send a billion individual emails and such, but because I anticipate that this will be more emotionally and spiritually enriching than I could hope and I wanted something to look back and reflect upon. Killing two birds with one stone I guess you could say. At this point, it all just feels so surreal. I literally cannot believe that I'm going to Thailand. I've spent MONTHS building up to this, and now only one week remains until I cross the globe. I have NEVER in my life been so far from home. I haven't travelled much outside of the U.S. and I certainly have never been anywhere by myself. It's so much more than that, though. I am preparing to be utterly alone for the first time in my life. I'm about to learn how to be truly self-reliant and independent. I don't suppose you can actually "prepare" yourself for that, but I'm trying. I don't think that at any other point in my life this would have been possible for me. I feel as ready as I'll ever be. I have some predictions about the kinds of things I will learn about myself and the world, but  I have no expectations. Just hope that this will be as wonderful as I imagine, and faith that I will be led exactly where I am meant to be at all times during this journey.

Love,
Zoey