Patagonia Lake, Argentina
And as I sat there in my dark living room with the dull patter of rain barely audible against the window, I looked at those stunningly vivid pictures of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth and realized how very little of this planet I'll probably end up seeing in person. I know, that just got a bit depressing. That's exactly what I was thinking the entire time: this is really freaking depressing. Thanks BBC for taking me on a magical journey across earth just to rub it in my face because YOU David Attenborough, got to go to all those places and I can't!
I will never get to share this look of understanding with a majestic golden eagle in the wilds of Australia like David Attenborough (probably).
It doesn't help that one of my friends from school is on a trip around Europe and Asia right now and every other day I'll look on Facebook and he'll have posted another 50 pictures of some new country he's been to. Not to mention he's already been to over 60 countries because his father owns the Bank of America or something. He's even been to North Korea. WHO FREAKING GOES TO NORTH KOREA? WHO THE HELL IS EVEN ALLOWED TO GO TO NORTH KOREA? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHY IS THAT NOT MY LIFE???
After venting for an appropriate time about his unfair good fortune, I pulled it together and made a promise to myself to live the life of David Attenborough. At least to a certain extent.
If I'm going to end up being a teacher, which, realistically, I will, that means summers off, and I don't care if I live close to destitute if that means I can save enough money to travel during the summers. I mean, ideally I will marry rich and my husband can pay to have me fly around the world, but I need to have a backup plan just in case.
In the grand scheme of things, I will be on this planet for barely the blink of an eye, and I'll be damned if I don't get to see and experience as much of it as I possibly can.
Dreaming is for the ambitious.
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