I Did A Thing!

Last year for about a month I did the online dating thing. After reviewing hundreds of profiles, I discovered something about myself.

After about a week of reviewing the profiles of women in my area, I started to get really frustrated. It seemed like everyone was travelling and going on these epic global adventures, whereas all my photos and memories where local.

I came face to face with something I had been avoiding for over 20 years:

As an entrepreneur and an artist, I have chosen to continually put my time, money and energy into work. Always deferring adventure to a future date, when it “made sense”.

This might of been a smart strategy when I was 20, but unintentionally I kept pushing life, travel and adventure to next summer, next season, next year.

20 years went by and so many travel destinations on my bucket list remain untouched.

That changes this year.

In just over 2 weeks, I am getting on a plane and going to Egypt for 10 days.

I am not just going to Egypt; I am joining a small, carefully curated group of solo travellers who have signed up for a truly immersive exploration of Egyptian culture, food, art and history.

• We are camping in the White Desert with the Bedouins.
• We are crawling deep into the center of the ancient Pyramids.
• We are swimming in the Nile River, the longest river on the planet and the source of life for all of Egypt.

There’s actually around 20 other deeply immersive and cultural things our group will be doing.

I’m done waiting for the right time.

Next year, next season, next winter is not promised to any of us.

I can’t leave this planet without finally seeing the Pyramids. It’s been on my bucket list for way too long and it’s finally time for me to start checking things off.

The company that is responsible for organizing virtually every part of this epic trip is called Tryps. They specialize in immersive cultural experiences for solo travellers. They plan and organize every detail, which is so awesome.

Wish me luck!

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