It is that itching feeling you get when you are at the beginning of something new and exciting with the possibility to change your life forever. It is the feeling that, twelve months ago, was racing through my body at a million miles an hour. It is the feeling of fear, excitement and absolute trepidation moulded into one. It is the feeling that your heart is about to jump out of your chest and you absolutely cannot control it.

Twelve months ago today, I was preparing for what was then the adventure of my lifetime, six months of travel beginning as a solo traveller in New York before settling down for a semester of study at San Jose State University in California. It was the most amazing thing I have done in my life so far to date. But now, I feel there may be another.

It is not so much the act of travel that gets my heart racing; it is more so the feeling of independence and self-realisation that comes with the decision making behind travel. The feeling of adventure and yearning to discover, and it is a feeling I am beginning to know a little too well. I love the sense of achievement I feel when I tackle a challenge or overcome a hurdle, be it as simple as navigating myself from JFK to NYC and then onto Boston, MA all on forms of public transport. It is these things that excite me and are what I live for.

I have that feeling right now. Exactly as I write this. It is the feeling that the world is at your feet and you are about to take hold of it and never let it go. This time it is not that I am embarking on a new overseas adventure, but rather I am coming to the end of one at home. With only three subjects to go at university and the months flying by like they are going out of fashion, I feel that as this adventure that has been my university life is coming to an end, a whole new world of opportunity will begin.

While this is getting all too philosophical and I feel like I am Delta on the voice telling Rachel that she is a shooting star and to believe, I also think it is important for us as humans to embrace these moments and emotions. We need to recognise them so that we can look back on our achievements and recognise where we come from. I am blessed by amazing family, friends and enormous love in my life and as well as this opportunities that seem to come in abundance. These are not to be taken for granted and it is with these I love and am given the inspiration to “take hold of the world and never let it go”.

I love this feeling and I never want to let it go <3

And ps. How cute is this pic? Lets make someday, TODAY xo