It has come to my attention that many people are beginning to question their present and future selves. What they've been doing, what's been happening to them, the worries they face about their future, and the way they've changed. I admit that I have felt similar. I have no doubt noticed a significant change within me. I have released many inhibitions, and I am living much more in the present. I know not to dwell profusely on past events, and not to let the future get in the way of now. The best part about all of this is the fact that I have been doing it subconsiously. I too am not 100% sure of what I want to do or become. I, like every other, have interests and possibilities, but I trust that I will be better able to answer the "What do I want to be" once I have travelled. I saw a program on PBS not too long ago that documented the trip that a couple of 20 something Austrailians took via recumbant bicycle beginning in the Ukraine and trekking through Russia, Mongolia, and China. Their journey lasted nearly two years, and they emerged rather emaciated, but completely full of experiences and the remains of physically and mentally battled challenges. They lived off the land through fridgid winters and scorching summers; they made family with the people they met along the way, and struggled. They ended their journey mostly naive to happenings of the past two years, but completely in touch with nature and the distant worlds they were so unfamiliar with. I'm not saying that I plan to bike ride (rucumbant no less!) through the majority of the eastern world, but do plan to visit those areas they visited. I can see myself bartering for fruit in a Brazillian market, or enjoying hookah with the locals of New Delhi. I will do so much more than just visit, I will experience. I will find more pleasure in the people than in the souvenirs they will be vending, I will find more beauty in the nature than in my hotel room, I will find more joy in the children then the money I have to spend, I will walk rather than take a taxi, I will spend time at each destination until I am ready to move onto the next. I will explore my own country. I will trek through a forest with no map, spend nights on beaches with no tent, I will walk everywhere I can, and roll every window down when I drive. I will not see. I will experience I think that once I become aquainted with at least some part of the world, I will be better equipped to make the decision of what exactly it is that I want to do with the rest of my life. For right now, all I know that is fact is that I am doing what I should be at present, and I will soon be doing what I should be in the future. I will meet some of the world, then I will decide.