jacksonco asked: Hey, I just saw your post about hitchhiking across the country. That sounds like an adventure of a lifetime. I'm considering the same thing right now. I got arrested last night while tripping on mushrooms so I'm probably going to be around the house a lot more. I'm pretty consistent on posting and I'd say I have a lot of experience with mush. I can definitely help out while you're on your adventure. Also just curious what made you decide to travel?

Hey! Yeah I’m really excited, it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a couple years now but finally there are no excuses holding me back. What state are you in? (assuming you’re in the US like me.) Maybe we’ll cross paths. What’s your email? Send me another msg when you get the chance and I’ll reply privately.

Dude, sucks that you were arrested ! I’ve been “reprimanded” by the authorities while tripping ballz and it really, really sucks. Hope you didn’t end up having too much of a horrible trip.

I guess I’ve always been interested in wandering, slow travel, really living in a place before moving on. I don’t want to participate as a spectator or tourist or even a visitor. I want to be somewhere and experience it, then go experience another place and the people.

Right now, as my life is fucking falling apart, the timing has never been more perfect. All the reasons I’ve held out on my dreams are slowly falling away. In a way I’m glad life is unraveling in this beautiful way; really enforces the idea that the universe will provide, and to just keep faith in the beauty of life itself.

More specifically…my family (specifically mom) is a little less anxious/nervous about me leaving. I’ve done several weeklong trips alone and I guess they’ve gotten used to it. After it came out that I was raped, my family was extremely over-protective (which of course I was immensely grateful for, but now I really just need to depend on me and me alone).

Along with that, I’ve had this desire for a long time to push my boundaries and see how far I can go. Can I handle the loneliness, the cold, the alone time, making my way across strange cities and landscapes? I’ve done it short-term, but never for this long. It’ll be awesome to find out.

I’ve been doing a lot of reading on healing and there’s this idea that is very attractive to me…our society doesn’t really have a ‘ritual’ or ‘walkabout’ for becoming an individual, an adult, a full person. I want to make a journey for myself in order to dive deep into my darkness, and hopefully come out the other side a better and more loving being.

Finally, my former boyfriend of five years and I have broken up (just today, or rather yesterday). A very very very long story short…Valentine’s Day and our five year anniversary last week was a total let down. A lot of feelings, thoughts, perceptions were revealed through numerous heart to heart talks. In the end, I decided I needed to leave, go, abandon, destroy what we had in order to rediscover, fall in love with, appreciate my own spirit/soul.

oh god tumblr you’ve turned into my diary.