One road town.

Have you ever noticed how the people who are the absolute most desperate to leave a small town are the people with no ability to do so.  They have no college plans, military plans, travel plans or job plans.  None.  They just whine about their lives and want out and blame all of their shortcomings on their hometown -instead of coming to terms with their faults and creating a plan for their lives.

The biggest culprit of this lifestyle that appears to be so popular nowadays? Fear.  Plain and simple.  No one wants to get hurt, to be rejected, to lose money, to lose friends, or whatever other hangups they've created in their mind.  Things that are all bound to happen if you, well, live your life.  People that have these issues are also surprisingly unaware that these are the very things that are keeping them away from the life they so loudly desire.  A life that they should very much go after and possibly have -if they gather up enough brain cells to get over themselves first.

No one is perfect, but the place that you live certainly isn't to blame for holding you back.  It's to blame for your outlook on life, it's probably the reason that you're either innocent or jaded, and it's certainly the reason for most of your hobbies.  But forcing you to stay? Really? No.  The only person holding you back from leaving is you.  People come up with countless excuses to stay when all they really want out of life is to leave.; they want to stay close to their family, their friends need them, their car isn't fun to ride in for long hours, they don't save up enough money, ect. ect. ect.

It's a lie.  I was afraid to travel on an airplane, but I knew that I wanted to travel.  So I got on one, and you know what -the scariest part about it was that stupid metal detector.  But I made it out alive, and I can't wait to travel again.  It wasn't the airplane's fault that I wasn't traveling before, it was me.  I was holding myself back.  So don't hold yourself back -go out for that job that you really want, even if you might not get it.  Convince yourself to save up, because you're more important than the little things you spend money on.  Your friends and family will be happy for your choices in life as long as you are happy, so don't saddle them with the excuse that they need you, because they will be just fine.  You can always come home, just don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

Love,
Alice