My Life is Pretty Amazing.

So many times I find myself questioning what I am doing with my life. As much as I am beyond happy with my choice to move to a country and learn a new language and meet amazing new people (including one super cute snuggle snail), I can't help but see where other people my age are at in their life and what they are doing (i.e. getting their first own place, buying a new car, being promoted) and sometimes get down on myself for not being at that point (or anywhere close) in my life yet. Most of the times when I tell friends that have recently accomplished some of those aforementioned mile-stones, I am always met with responses of, "Megan, I hate my job, I'm miserable and would love to have had the courage to do what you did". But I would be lying if I would say that even with doing this amazing thing within my own life, I still get down/upset/stressed when I don't see myself in this cookie cutter image of where society says a 25 college graduate should be. However, with all this said, at the end of the day just looking back at my life in the past 5 months alone, I would say I live the good life--even if I do only have 6 dollars in my US bank account...

I think of how just in June I was walking the streets of Berlin taking in some of the most amazing history and buildings that I was so excited to be standing in front it. In July I was cruising down the river Seine in a party boat drinking with Jessica with the most breath-taking views of the Eiffel Tower. A week ago I was experiencing the most stunning wedding ever seen at the Four Seasons Las Vegas with all my incredible family and friends (more on that in my next post coming soon), and today I find myself sitting in my favorite room on planet Earth, in Ohio typing this. Tomorrow morning I leave to make the journey back to Germany. I will be making a quick stop-over in Dublin, Ireland to spend a short 36 hours with Travis and Lisa who are on the last leg of their honeymoon, and then I will head back to Bonn to spend some time with someone I miss dearly before getting back to the grind as an Au Pair on Monday. And looking back on all of this, even with no real "job", no new car, no new house/apartment to call my own, and certainly no impressive monthly paycheck, I can still say that I am truly making the most out of my life and living an adventure that most others only dream of. I am bettering myself physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually and I just hope that all of you out there reading this do something for yourself that does all these things as well. Go out and explore your world. Travel. Enjoy a good cup a coffee. Read good books. Help a stranger. Laugh with family and friends. Because at the end of the day that's what matters in life, not what year your car is sitting in your driveway or what new designer handbag is hanging from your arm. In this exact moment as I ready myself for my day of travel tomorrow, all I can say is that I am so blessed for the people in my life and for the life in which I have. Because it's pretty amazing.

Goodnight from Columbus xoxox Megan