I can honestly admit that I'm feeling very wanderlusty at the moment.
As an Irish teenager, I have this huge exam called the Leaving Certificate to do in June. It lasts for three weeks and I, as well as many thousand Sixth Year students in Ireland, have to do this. It consists of many subjects but not everybody does all of them, only about seven subjects each approx.
It is now edging closer and closer to the 4th of June (the day they begin or "D-Day" as I like to call it)
and I'm becoming more and more nervous and feeling very under-prepared but also excited because when that's finished, SUMMER!! Then after that, hopefully, COLLEGE!!
But, anyway, back to the topic of wanderlust! Basically, I'm fed up of being in classrooms all day everyday wearing an itchy uniform that's super hot in the summer and I just want to get out in the world! When I procrastinate, (which I told you all not to do, if you read my last blog post because it is bad and it gets nothing productive done) I find myself on YouTube the majority of the time. One of my favourite YouTubers is Louis Cole (https://www.youtube.com/user/FunForLouis) and basically, he does daily vlogs of his life whilst he travels around the world and does crazy exciting stuff and meets loads of new people and makes me very jealous of his life. He is a super nice guy, totally chilled about everything and just goes where life takes him. By the way, I suggest you check him out!
Unfortunately, in a classroom situation, I can't do that. I have to go wherever my timetable takes me. Which sucks, frankly.
Like, there's just SO MUCH of the world and I want to see it all! I don't want to be a stereotypical teenager or young person that does their Leaving Cert, goes to college, finds a job, moves out, marries, has a family etc etc.
I want to get my exams out of the way (and hopefully do well of course), go to college (eh hello, they're supposed to be the best years ever and at least I'd have a degree to fall back on if life fails on me) and then TRAVEL! And THEN, maybe do all of the other things.
Life isn't slowing down and probably, before I know it, I'll be in my late 20's and have the "oh it's too late for me to do anything now, I'm almost 30" attitude.
Last year, I had the "I hate everybody" attitude. This year, I have the "I want to do everything right now!!" attitude. Very optimistic; some that know me may disagree because of my day-to-day attitude in school, but in all seriousness, sometimes the weather outside is beautiful and I'm stuck in Maths trying to make sense of Integration or in French class not speaking French and I just want to go outside because sunlight makes me very happy!
Another person who is a huge inspiration in my life that has given me the urge to travel the world is none other than the one, the only, the fabulous, Sir David Attenborough! I don't think there's a place on Earth he hasn't been! He's been all over Africa, in the Galapagos, in the Arctic, the Coral Reef, lounging with Mountain Gorillas, heck, he's even been in Ireland! (and that's saying something) Judging from his docummentaries that I've watched growing up as a child, and still watch to this day, the natural world is an astonishing place and it should be explored, not destroyed by towns and cities. I want to go on a Safari or go trekking up Mount Kilimanjaro (well as far as I can anyway) and just do stuff that other people were too afraid to do or doubted themselves too much to do.
Don't doubt, just do.
Hahahah here's David being cute. Oh David..
So yeah, this wanderlusty thirst will not be quenched for another while, a small while yet anyway. But it's still there, driving me forward and keeping me motivated for what's to come. Obviously I don't have much planned yet, but I have a vague idea of places that I want to go to but how I'm going to get there and with what financing is going to be a problem, but time will tell.
