I’m lucky to be relatively well-traveled. There are countless places I’d still like to go someday, but feel blessed that I’ve had the luck to travel as much as I have in my lifetime.

Recently, I’ve taken a long weekend back to San Diego, where I just left to relocate to Rochester, Minnesota, in March of this year, in addition to a trip to London for my fourth European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) meeting. Although very different trips, I returned from both a bit exhausted, but with a full heart. Below are some photos from the trips. I hope to always have this opportunity to see the world, one city at a time.

San Diego:

London:

So, I’ve started a blog. By evidence of one blog post. Gotta start somewhere, eh?

I’ve dabbled in blog writing over the years, but without much purpose. This seems to be how much of my life is at the moment– without purpose– yet that is far from reality. 

I am 30 years old, having found professional success shortly following graduation at a healthcare specific public relations company that I have now been at for more than six years. I am relatively healthy and active (but don’t we all have our “off days”?), and have a strong support system of friends and family. I am lucky to have traveled to many of the contiguous states, in addition to Canada, Mexico, and a handful of countries in Europe in my lifetime. I am truly blessed. 

Yet here I am, in my first post, exposing my insecurities in who I am as an adult. Some common themes include:

“Do I love what I do?”

“Do I know what I want to do?”

“Do I love who I am?”

“Do I know who I am to others?”

“How can I impact people/ the world positively?”

…and I know I’m not alone in these mind games.

So this is why I’ll write. To share my adventures in life, love, and the search of various forms of prosperity. On my journey, I hope to share my successes and failures, in addition to my strengths and vulnerabilities. I hope to write about health and wellness, I’ll always share a snapshot of my latest adventure, and I promise to keep things REAL while trying to figure out my purpose in life. I’ll be more honest here than I am with anyone who asks me “how are you?” and hope that maybe I’ll meet some people along the way with similar values, struggles and stories. Maybe I’ll enlighten myself along the way. Maybe I’ll enlighten others. I’ll do my best to share my life, and the journey towards being a better person, and appreciating all that life has to offer… one journey at a time.