I just decided to go on a road trip. I don’t even feel like I have a choice. At first it was just a two or three day excursion, that turned into the hope for a couple weeks of aimless meandering up the Northwest Coast and back. A few days is nice, but sometimes it takes a few days to even get my mind unstuck and prepped for cleansing and expanding. Exploring the world around me has a mirror effect on my inner life. I explore the internal landscapes of my psyche.
I was practically born on the road, my mom switched towns every couple years and took road trips often. Traveling clears my head, brings me to the place of my rhythm and towards clarity. Whenever I return from a trip, I am open, inspired, and with a new grasp of reality. I helps me to connect better with those whom I am spending time with...without the everyday life interruptions and distractions.
The thing that has been the hardest for me, since I have had my child is being tied down to a place. It is mostly due to finances…money goes towards different things when you have a child and a home. I am still in debt from moving, but I need to go now, to preserve my sanity. I may try to make it all the way to Bellingham, my hometown, but am trying to think of ways to at least make the extra $200 I will need for gas, even considering spare changing along the road. (If anyone reading this has any ideas for earning cash in the next 3 or 4 days let me know.) I am also reaching out to friends and acquaintances for possible places to crash and avoid camping and motel fees. We may even bring our kitten, Dora Maar.
And I will Blog my experience. So stayed tuned.
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The only legal things I can think of for quick, fast cash -- short of iffy pursuits like gambling and stocks -- are odd jobs like babysitting and yard work (some might want help with weeding and prepping for winter veggies around this time of year). Good luck! I miss taking long road trips too, but perhaps next year when T's a little older.
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