Movie influences my day

I recently watched the movie - Eat, Pray, Love .. which is based off a novel written by Elizabeth Gilbert and today it totally made me realize a few things. (I completely meant to read the book first cause I hate ruining the book by seeing the movie first).  Eat, Pray, Love is based off Elizabeth Gilbert's true story of "finding yourself".  She ventures out of her normal boring American lifestyle and travels to Italy,India and Bali.  She completely drops everything she had and traveled, meeting new people and turning new friends into dear friends.  Learning new cultural lifestyles.  This is where I might ramble lots.....

I absolutely love learning, experiencing, watching new cultures. This being a different country, or just smaller aspects such as a family's culture.  Small things.. such as how a family eats dinner.  Some families have buffet style dinners, some families don't eat dinner together, some families grab and go.  For my family, dinner is the biggest, most important part of the day,  we set the table, everyone sits in the same spot each night, and we usually eat for an hour or more. If you are not home for dinner that night then you better have a good reason to why not.  Ever since elementary school when I would go to friend's houses for dinner every so often, I was so intrigued by who does what.

Anyways, this summer I had the most wonderful opportunity to live in Italy for a few months and experience a new culture. There's so much more that I want to see, so many more places I want to experience.  Goal: Win the lottery, so I can afford to travel more.  (or just work really hard and save money).  I've got a bad case of a travel bug. One thing I regret during my summer travels was not meeting enough people while traveling, hearing their story and what they are doing.  Ideally, I would love to drop my life and travel alone (or I could take a friend), meet those people, and learn from them.  That's the bigger picture.  Right now, it's about where I am right now. 
I've learned so much not from sitting at a desk and taking exams, but from experiencing and doing.  Taking opportunities, meeting people, going outside. 

Nicest quote anyone has ever said to me, "At least you know who you are Kelsey" - AKahn (I really do hope I know who I am).  So moral of this blog .... be yourself.  Do your thaaaang, live it,  influence others, inspire others and love life.    Find what you love, and go with it.

Here's to the next few months left of college and figuring out where to venture to next.  Pretty sure the way this entry turned out was not what I was expecting, oh well.