Photo of the Week

Week Thirty

Image Title: Sunset in Vienna

Image Location: Vienna, Austria

Exposure: 1/400

F-Stop: 4.5

Focal Length: 24mm

Lens: 24mm Prime

This is my photo of the week not because I think it’s a profound photo, but because it was one of the last photos I took while we were in Europe. I am and think I always have been obsessed with travel, but this trip solidified it more than any other. I am sure that you are all tired of hearing about Europe, and these next 2 posts will be the last ones. I have been thinking a lot in the past few days about my life and what I want to get out of it. I am about to graduate college and step out into the “real world” and that means I have to make some big decisions—where I want to go, what I actually want to do with my life, and that’s always been a hard question for me to answer. I have long envied those people who were born to do something. The people that knew from birth that they were going to be doctors or teachers or veterinarians. Those people always “had it easy” in my eyes. They didn’t have to struggle choosing a major, only then to change it 6 times to end up where I am now—still with no idea what I want to do. They just knew. And I used to think that was a gift. Now I’m beginning to wonder if it’s less of a gift and more of a curse; because I can do anything. I was not called to one profession or one path. I stand here at a divergence of pathways, each branching off to a different life. I am standing here unhindered, unrestrained, uninhibited. Free. I am free to choose my own destiny and I am learning to embrace the fear of the unknown.

I’m not sure how the photo ties into all of this, other than the fact that it represents a section in my story. A section where I got to let go of all the questions in my life and embrace immersion in a set of cultures and experiences that staying at home would never have given me.