People and Places

I am a people person.
I just finished a book about personal legends, “The Alchemist.” This book really makes you think about your life and fulfilling your personal legend. My passion has always been people. I know I’m not fulfilling my personal legend currently in this job.  It’s simply a job to allow me to be home more with my kids and not bring work stress home.  I really loved my last job as an Implementation Manager for Cardinal Health.  It was a company I believed in, and the service we implemented in hospitals was helping the hospitals save more money, which is good for everyone.  Working with people from all over the US and demonstrating/teaching them about our service was really my métier.  I often think that I should have gone into a profession where I can directly help people every day. Nursing, Teaching, Physical Therapy, working with the Elderly, Flight Attendant, International non-profit, even sales. Maybe one day I can seize an opportunity to change professions, but for now, raising my children is my personal legend.

My studies in college were the closest I got to that dream job I thought I wanted that combines people and international cultures. I enjoyed immersing myself in culture and meeting people from all over the world. Our immediate world seems so small once we are able to open our minds to listen, see, and understand what is going on everywhere else. It’s a wakeup call to what’s really important in our lives. I believe our time here depends on the people involved in our lives. Throughout my travels, I have met some amazing souls and now, looking back, no matter how close I was to someone, it seems most of it was a dream, like I was a different person back then. And I was.

I do not regret the decisions I’ve made since college. I wouldn’t change a thing about how I got to the place I’m at now. However, when I travel on a plane and am lifted into the clouds, it brings back the anticipation that builds about the new people I would meet and places I would experience.  My heart starts to beat excitedly as my inner passions surface again. I hope to one day share the love of international travel with my children and hope that their travels will open their eyes to our world and their own personal legends.

Here is an account of where I’ve been, where many dreams were had, and where I would like to go, and hope my children could dream there some day, too.

Places I’ve Been
International:

Costa Rica*
Nicaragua
Mexico
Cuba
Panama
Ireland*
England
France
Austria*
Czech Republic
Greece*
Italy*
Switzerland
Hungary
Belize*
Dominican Republic

*I would like to return to all of these places some day as they were all fabulous, however if I could only go to a select few again, I would choose the ones with the asterisk

Domestic:
Instead of listing all the states I’ve visited, I’ll list the states I haven’t been to and look forward to visiting one day:

Alaska
Rhode Island
Conneticut
North Dakota
South Dakota
Arkansas

I thank my parents for getting me to all the other states when I was living under their roof, OR, adventuring on my own taking advantage of my dad’s airline passes.  Thanks Mom and Dad!

Places I’d like to experience:
Chile, especially the Patagonia area of Argentina and Chile
Argentina
Jamaica
Toronto, Canada
Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa
Casablanca, Morocco
Peru
Venezuela
The islands of Croatia
Malta
Egypt
Thailand

 I feel very blessed the list of places I’ve been  is longer than the places I’d like to go. I am grateful, indeed.