clean slate.

i'm hurdled into one of the few spots of free space in my studio right now. clothes and belongings are strewn about around me, my knees are blotched with white paint ... and i'm realizing how easy it is to escape reality.

i never thought it would be this easy, but all you gotta do is pack up and run away.

that's kind of what i feel like i'm up to with this trip -- a chance at amazing experiences and life lessons, but also a chance to get away. maybe i'm just being a little too reflective, while painting my blue walls back to white -- but it just seems like such a wiping free of life and responsibilities i'm creating, such a clean slate.

such simpliflying! i really am purging myself of everything superfluous that i own. extra clothes, unneeded indulgences, old books that someone else can now learn from ... etc etc etc... gone! it feels great to finally be forced to do this -- i am already looking forward to the simplified life i will have when i return!

one by one i feel that i am unraveling life's deceptions. there is no right or wrong way to live. i don't work anywhere close to five days a week, i don't have any money saved up -- yet i live by the beach in a community i love and i am going on a nine month trip ... things can begin to happen if you're willing to think outside the box and just figure out how to do it!