<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>I just spoke with a friend in Europe (time difference advantage when sleeplessness occurs) and we agreed that we have a road trip in our future. <\/span>I jokingly mentioned that it would be like Thelma and Louise but later realized the ending of the movie wasn\u2019t the best possible outcome. <\/span>Instead, the European version of the road trip will be Telma and Luisa. <\/span>No violence. <\/span>No Brad Pitt. <\/span>However, there will be plenty of sights to see out of the window when I\u2019m not driving (or even when I am).<\/p>\n <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>This future trip will coincide with larger objectives that I have so I\u2019m looking forward to conquering the larger objective so that the fun part, this road trip, will have the opportunity to come to pass. <\/span>At this point, the idea is somewhat hazy so intention setting has not happened. <\/span>This period of time feels like the period leading up to my going to Switzerland two years ago. <\/span>That accomplishment was based on many years of intention setting that finally manifested in my being in Geneva studying abroad spring of 2011. <\/span>For months leading up to that time, I dropped out of the social circles in which I participated and focused on school and being in Geneva. <\/span>Not only did I manage to snag a scholarship that helped offset the expense of going to one of the top ten most expensive cities in the world, but I also had an opportunity to work at a former job almost until the moment I got on the plane. <\/span>While posting the old MySpace entries, I noticed somewhere around 2008 I first mentioned studying in Geneva. <\/span>It took three years from that mention (or five years if you begin the count with my enrollment date) to make that objective come to pass. <\/span>I\u2019m hoping this objective doesn\u2019t take that long. <\/span>Maybe that should be a part of the intention as well \u2013 short turnaround.<\/p>\n <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>Last month brought two incidents that made me remember what it was like to be \u201cin the flow\u201d of where my interests lie. <\/span>The first was a short conversation in French with a customer at Starbucks who was from Switzerland. <\/span>The second was a conversation with a French family vacationing in New Orleans while I was on my way to an international trade class. <\/span>Neither encounter lasted very long but they did serve as reminders of the general direction in which I would like my life to flow. <\/span>Life, flow on in THAT direction.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n \n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I just spoke with a friend in Europe (time difference advantage when sleeplessness occurs) and we agreed that we have a road trip in our future. 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