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S . ??? / fe^yfi* mt |g *?/ I / / / I jgn^gaH nHHM^ { I :f; mm ? " ? HH vw- JMHHHHp Ik ** H?j^i?co:i tt* ;sl*?J ,A/ apht ru-Wj i TTTfT lljJj WOI Are you stuck in a rut? Do you do the same damn and never make any headway? Are you feeling like y pose in being at school other than, well, to "go to coll A Jk XI- I - crisis, mini mat s exactly wnoi i was { By Luke Robinson So do what I did: quit school for _ a ^ear, nutke a little j me a managerial position." : Don't worry about leaving friends and school ? school will still be here when you ^ 1" return, and so will your friends. In feet, you may il lf y. ^ come to appreciate your friends, to an extent 5 u ^ <you never realized, after a long absence. There ^ is nothing holding you back from going - the X/'r'htf'uK \ anknnl rtoro if 17A11 cm r\T cf Q\7 fxr \17Vlon Viral V ^ V* ' OUIW1 UUtOlI b UUC XX jrvru ui uw*j, VI TTUMA JVM graduate; sometimes they even arrange your ? ^ trip, as in the Semester Abroad and Year Abroad , , , A ^ plane to Kathmandu. A programs. ed out, "You don't win Then set oil! Make as few preparations as rkl' , , ? , , c, , Ok, so here comes possible. Every plan you make will somehow be , ,, l?Wh shattered to pieces. Once you accept this, trav- , , , , 1 ,. , v . i ii * is not how to get from elmg becomes immensely more enjoyable. I . Qn * . bought an unlimited-stop round-the-world tick- a heacj 0f stories tJ et, and after the initial to Europe I end- ^ ^ (ri up chang^ every single flight tone and about pledge t half of the destinations over a seven-month-pe- least ^ ^ ^ nod simply because it suited me to do so. p instance, had 1 Once youre on your way, leam to follow your would never ^ ^ heart Lying?yourself only getsyou miseraUe. of the McE If you have been to too many museums m the ,, A . , , A m, i i 1x1 i_ i / j l i i i tne Asian mflrKGi. a u last week, take a break, find a beach, and go lo- , ,, cal for a while. Likewise, if you land in a coun- v. ^ 6 try and have a feeling deep down that says you wav ? tn M should not be there, then get back on the plane c .J',, ~rr ' ' and hit your next stop. I did this in India, and &^lbe?US,611! P 1" I have to say that it was one of the best decisions I have made in a long time. I will go back derstan4ngoftheA someday, but at that time Delhi and her teem- ^ c 0IC^3 fn< J' JT Thisisnotajudgi ing masses gave me the creeping shivers, and I Asian cnuntrie, went back to the airport and caught the next equJ3tatlLS- |s not aJI f I -ETC. I . _ 5^w^orV?Ji, T / t &~ s~ k lummrn M)_ mp in 180 days ^ 1 I JI ) 1 thing every day with the same damn people || ou've lost direction, or that you have no purege"? You may be experiencing a mid-school going through two years ago. Staff Writer ^ way things are. You gain a respect ^ ^^ m00^S c^ne ^ienL Most J you will have. Some are good, some : ? are bad, but all increase your sense V 21191 through Norway. Watching the sun p| rise from atop a massive Buddhist temple in Indonesia. Getting roar' 2500-year-old city in Turkey. Cel/K ebrating New Year with 10,000 0 u itJa J Malaysians (then getting stabbed two hours lata. tyJyjy y er, that goes in the less-fun category). Riding a Wna- <y\oO motorcycle along the rim of a simmering vol0 x I cano on a Greek Island. Singing "Roadhouse fjsj Blues" with a band in a disco on Bali. Giving i/ traditional gifts to a Buddhist monk in Thaid, J? land on the King's Birthday (hey, Fm open-mind. , . , ed). Downing one-liter beers at Octoberfest. s one vase ve er poin Jumping naked off of a 45-foot boulder into the prizes for suffering. Aegean Sea. Venturing into the Himalayas on henex ques ion. y where no vehicles can go, and coming out at s the point? The point ^ a fgw ^ ^ ^ a ^ ^ ofdysen. v ill S W u yi?U vt tery. Christmas carols by candlelight in Singare. You come wi pore. Accompanying a beautiful woman on an V rn ^ m 8f S v incredibly romantic tour of Italy. A lifetime's ex d. YouTl be able to speak p^^ in the span of half a year. ^ airS' ?r 3 People ask me if I would do it again. In a ing habits. . heartbeat. I am no longer the totally irrespon ,, 5 u u- jTl sible boy I was when I left? whenyouretravm the reason behind the r / .., . ,,, , , . . eling alone, either you get things done or they on s urger c am in don't gej. done. I also came away with goals, u USUieSSm^f d ^ which is not something to take for granted. I . ' ^er have taken the necessary steps to change my * thinp >ru- major to reflect the goals I have set for myself. WentVs Because of this trip I am now in International '"ted lts hamburgers as Re|atioRS _ j liked traveling ^ much j want t we gain from Una rami do it for a Uving! sian market, which tends Mote: If you are interested in seeing the i the newest of the new. journals of this trip, e-mail me at robinsonnent, just as saying in luke@sc.edu and I will send you a copy. They are 3, women are not given -fe interesting idgment, but simply the 9 iKaHfl i - -y * V : f / jfi?^niiv r SS"Ss\^^ ^> *^Shh^?M I *\ ^ ^mSk I O^o-T) IN F^c^lui^ ^ 1 f Iill Thi? is *. 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