Ready to launch...

Airstream.

Dog.

Jeep.

Atlas.

A Dream.

I think the hardest part is committing to this project, fully and completely. It's been awhile since I have totally committed myself to anything, whether it's a fear of failure (what will people think of me?) a fear of success (how much effort will be required to maintain this?) or simply just a fear of change (my life isn't that bad)...but the reality is, the last 10 years I have simply been, stagnant. I need to grow. So here it is, I am putting myself out there by publishing this blog (ugh, am I really going to be that guy?) because if I don't, who will hold me accountable? I think I have proven to myself that it certainly won't be me!

So what is it that I am committing to? My lifelong dream of getting rid of it all (harder than it seems by the way! ) and traveling the country in an Airstream, which will be pulled by my Jeep, with my dog Jack as my co-pilot, both of us engaged in the untethered pursuit of adventure.

Along the way I aspire to learn photography, begin to write that novel I have envisioned for years, realize my best health potential; physically and mentally, and basically reinvent who I am, or at least find out if the person I aspire to be, is out there...

My sister Sarah was given a gift from one of her doctors during her time fighting cancer.

It was a plaque inscribed with a quote from my hero, John Wayne and it read:

"Courage is being scared to death. But saddling up anyway."

Wish me luck. I'm scared as hell, but I'm saddling up...

P.S. I was asked by a close friend about the picture I used for this post, as it was mentioned by her that she felt it conveyed a sort of bleakness; quite the opposite was the intent, actually. I used this particular photo because it simply said to me "there are limitless possibilities if I simply take down the signs that are telling me what I can and can't do..."

There are, No Limits.

-Scott