Around this time last year I was browsing on my favorite website, Pinterest, when I found the above quote. Just last night when I was packing, I ran across this quote again. How perfect is it? I do not think any other quote could sum up the next ten months of my life in a better way. Being given this opportunity to travel across the country (for a job none the less) at just the young age of 22 excites me more every day! When I leave home tomorrow morning to head off to the airport I won't be home for my first break till, at the earliest, October. Many people have asked if I'm scared or nervous of the unknown and honestly I'm not...well not too much! A little bit of nerves have hit me this morning but it's because I am a planner and now my planning is in the hands of others. For the past four years while I was away at college, I have literally planned every week out on Sunday night. If you flipped through my planner you would see everything from what I was doing each day to what I wanted to eat to what class assignments I needed to work on laid out for every day. But now I'm having to say "goodbye" to planning my daily life and turn that over into the hands of the wonderful ZTA office staff who will make my travel arrangements and to the chapters who will make my daily schedule for me before I even arrive. However, I'm excited to learn about myself through the chapters I work with while also learning about them. I'm excited to see how I will live from one chapter to the next and to see what each new college/city holds.
Living on the road for the next 10 months also comes with the challenging fact that my closet will be a 50 pound suitcase, a 30-40 pound carry on, and a heavy duty tote bag. I stayed up till 2am this morning packing and repacking my carry on to make it all fit. Lucky for me, all my clothes, makeup, and toiletries fit in my checked luggage without exceeding the weight limit the very first time! The packing of the carry on became a bit of a challenge just because I could not convince myself that I needed to narrow down my shoe selection. So currently shoe's are taking up one complete side of my carry on, with everything else fitting snug into my front section. I've already told myself that I'm way over packed but I'm not taking anything out at the moment because I know I'll be given the chance to ship stuff home once training is coming to an end.
So as I end this last blog post before departing to Indiana tomorrow morning, I'm reminded that the life I've always known is about to change for the next 10 months. Saying "goodbye" to my family, friends, and lifestyle won't be easy but it's a challenge I'm ready to accept. To go around to my ZTA sisters across the country and (hopefully) inspire them to become the best they can be is something I cannot stop smiling about. I'm ready for the journey to begin and I'm so excited to arrive back in Indianapolis tomorrow afternoon to see my 19 TLC sisters! We will be in Indianapolis for the next 2.5 weeks before flying to our first chapter (which is still to be determined)! I know the days to come will be busy and full of late nights/early mornings, but I promise to update you every few days with lots of pictures and stories of my journey!
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