I am leaving LA

May is the month. For awhile I've been wondering if it would ever arrive, anticipating it and dreading it at the same time. Now that May is here, the reality has set in that I am leaving my life in LA behind and moving to Alaska in 20 days.

Five years ago, I moved to LA with purpose. I moved to LA following adventures such as college, a stint in NYC, a summer in Alaska, a year in Lake Tahoe, and I came to LA to study landscape architecture. Realizing landscape architecture was not for me, I dropped from the program and just simply stayed in LA and continued bartending. Gradually, my life became dull and I began to lose that sense of adventure in myself that had driven me to explore the world, speak with the Masaai, and kayak to the most remote glaciers in Glacier Bay. I could write novels on all my life experiences, but living in LA, time just began to pass me by and I had nothing to show for myself.

Moving to LA and choosing to stay in LA drained me. I do not belong here, yet I tried in every way to find some career that would fulfill me and allow me to stay. From law school, to National Geographic, the music industry, the television industry, and biological sciences, my mind pondered every potential option, until I finally became complacent. Complacency is not for me, and that is why I am leaving.

The most alive I can ever remember being is when I lived in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Glacier Bay is magical. From the dancing Northern Lights, to diving eagles, breaching whales, and calving glaciers, the land could not be more alive and majestic. The sheer power of the beauty surrounding you when you are there can bring tears to your eyes. Glacier Bay is the most inspiring place in the world, and I'm returning on May 26th. It's time for me to become alive again and be passionate about life and adventure, and this blog will tell my tale. Keep checking in.