Prologue To A Travel Blog
Siri here, and yes, I know that means literally nothing to the majority of you right now. Hopefully, it will one day should you keep reading and eventually meet my other two co-conspirators, Casey and Erin, on this, project? That sounds like too much work, to be honest; we’ve all done that school thing and we’re quite done with it. Well, one is done and two of us are almost done. So let’s call this whole thing a challenge. We’re competitive people and this isn’t going to be an easy ten months until take off, but at least we’re getting things rolling, now. It’s not just hearsay anymore.
Some people say the first sentence of anything is the hardest to write. Others say it’s just getting started at all. For me? Nah, it’s the damn title. There are too many options because let’s be real, it is not the first sentence or first paragraph that you’ll use to judge the ever loving crap out of myself and my friends. It’s the title of this first post. This first chapter of what, I hope, will be the first of many (also aptly titled) chapters. According to the internet (or least what I’ve seen), I can go one of two routes in search of the perfect “first chapter title” for a travel blog, like this one will be.
1) Something dramatic. “The World is Our Oyster” or “This is Only the Beginning!”, “A Reflection”, “Live like There’s no Tomorrow <3″… you get it. In a world so obsessed with standing out there isn’t a lot of original content anymore, but be dramatic and you’re sure to turn at least two heads. Pick a title that says “I’m contemplative!” and people will come flocking over to see if you can bestow upon them some deep epiphany about life and existence.
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2) Something boring. “My name is, beep boop, and this is a blog about traveling, beep boop.” *insert generic robot noises here*, “Traveling 101”, “Chapter One”… bleh. No thanks.
So I’ll be a little turd nugget and make this the prologue, that way when one of my cohorts writes the next chapter they have to pick the first real title. Sorry, guys? (I’m not really sorry.)
Now, don’t get me wrong, I am not claiming to be original in any way shape or form. Considering I would like to be a published author one day that’s probably not the best thing to be boasting, but again, let’s get real. There are so many travel blogs and YouTube channels, and Instagrams hidden in every corner of the vast expanse of the interwebs that this can’t possibly be an original concept.
So I can’t promise that you won’t find anything you’ve already read before. I can’t promise that you’ll find amazing and new and innovative ideas and I definitely will not promise to solve any existential crisis that you’re going through (but hey if you find a way to kick that to the curb, please pass that little nugget of wisdom my way!).
What can I promise you? Good question. Very good question. I think it’s safe to say I can promise you some sound advice on how to get around this small and yet oh so large world. I can promise you’ll learn a few things on a vast expanse of topics that may or may not have anything to do with traveling. I can definitely promise that you’ll get some good laughs out of this.
We’re fairly average people in most ways- in others not so much, but that’s our charm. We are the average young adults who just want to toss the “real world” aside for a solid chunk of time and go on an adventure in the real world. We’ve been around before, not as much as a lot of others out there. We don’t have a stupendous budget and we most definitely don’t know all the answers, but we hope to impart some practical advice for the practical traveler.
I hope, at the very least, we can inspire you.
Not just to travel, because it’s not for everyone and we respect that, but to try something new, cook a new food, make art, listen to a new song, learn to count in a different language, dance a new dance, pick up an instrument, or write. Maybe to go out and protect something that means a lot to you or to talk about your passions and find the courage to follow silly dreams. Anything, really.
So here it goes- onwards to June 1, 2019. That’s the day we’re leaving to travel (most of) the world, by the way.