As soon as I got to my friend's house (at 5.30am in the morning) I crashed. Waking up at 2pm, back in Peru, was the weirdest feeling ever. I had mixed emotions: happy, scared, confused, excited.
Happy because, I again feel like I'm moving forward in my life.
Scared because, I am again in another country where everything I have to do is a challenge; from speaking and being understood to STARTING A BUSINESS. Also, I have way less money than I had before.
Confused because, "Jasmine, you actually left?! When did you buy the plane ticket to come back? When did you get on the plane to come here? Did you ever leave Peru before or was that just a dream?"
Excited because, I can quite literally do whatever I want (while money persists). I have a great opportunity right now to achieve a major dream of mine and the only thing that could stop me is myself. It makes me a little terrified when I think that this experience may just very well show me my limits, something I never really wanted to know. Will I be able to achieve something that has been my dream since I was in elementary school or will I fail? I guess we'll find out.
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When I woke up today I was reminded of Santiago from Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, and how Santiago left everything to pursue his "personal legend". Well, I can only hope that, like him, I will achieve mine as well. I can't stress how the dream of being an entrepreneur and helping those less fortunate through my entrepreneurship has, quite literally, always been my dream since first learning what the word "entrepreneur" meant.
By the way, my flight with Air Canada took me from Baltimore, Maryland (where I was) to Toronto, Canada before coming to Lima, Peru. While in Toronto I was able to visit my friend Charlie who I met my first time in Peru. I think it's worth mentioning that Charlie, his friend Gerard who I also met, and a few of their other friends (all Australian) are known for renting a bus and traveling throughout the United States. They also became quite famous, especially on Reddit. Meeting both Gerard and Charlie did play a part in inspiring me to drop everything and travel as they did. Thanks guys.
You can read about their story here, amongst many other sites:
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/toowoomba-boys-take-magic-school-bus-ride-across-t/2309302/
or Reddit here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/28ejfx/six_australians_no_experience_no_tools_bought_a/
Day in Toronto with Charlie
We didn't eat here. It's just awesome that poutine is everywhere here!!
Cheeseburger poutine. This was actually a dream of mine, to eat poutine in Canada. IT. WAS. AMAZING!
I also got to ride a streetcar for the first time! :D
Buildings! :D
Follow your dreams!
2 comments:
Hello!
Just read your article (but it's a secret, because I should be studying pharmacology :-) ) Made me happy to see the pics with Charlie in Toronto. Glad you're back to Peru, and that you can finally start your dream. Wish you good luck. Hope you'll enjoy it.
xoxo
xoxo
Thank you Myriam! hahaha. I won't tell anyone you're not studying. I miss you. :/
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