Day 325-- Wisdom from the launch pad

There are days when the right thing is said, and the right thing is heard.  And if you're lucky enough, it's your friend on the other line with that almost oracle wisdom that can create a storm of energy from a place in your soul you nearly forgot about amidst all the busyness of grocery store lines and punch time cards.

I spent all of Saturday doing my planning for an upcoming trip to the Bay Area, including diagrams of flight information and prices and if I would fly or drive and if my friends could pick me up half way and take me to my flight home.  So I called them and we talked.  And talked.  And glowed a little bit in excitement for the things to come.  I had a pen handy in talking to Jo so I'll share some wisdom from the launch pad.

My friend Jo:

"I know it sounds lofty, but say it and run with it." [on the topic of how we're uncomfortable that we want to get a master's degree.  Fuck, just say that we want one and run with it.]

"And we should.  Our twenties are the last time to be risky." [on why we should take the risk of moving somewhere new and entering grad school before family+house]

"Us women are so goddamn altruistic.  We need to be more selfish, bad-ass women." [on the topic of us stepping up but the guys in our lives floundering and us letting them drown us with them.] 

"This is about dreams, this is about goals, this is about personal projects." [on wanting to progress in our lives]

"When are we ever ready? Truly.  When are we ever ready?" [about life.]

We talked about friendship and life, and how in the next stage we really want to be in the right place.  And how place has somehow meant more than we thought.  The culture of the place, its values, its people, its sense of creativity, the way it will shape us.  What place do we want to be our home?  And of course, how we'll want to visit each other in our new homes, haha.

And I'm stoked for my trip.  I truly am, and as I said, "we're about to live our lives on purpose for the first time, and...I think it's just so great to have this sort of pause together before we go out there and launch." I'm hoping that this trip is a spring board for future travel to visit friends.  I'd love to make it out to New York, Texas, and maybe Arizona again some time in the next year.  So much to come.  Off and away!