Time to get real with you.

Moroccan Sunset taken by moi 12.13.12

The Dizz and I were lying in bed the other night, trying to force ourselves to get to sleep at a reasonable hour so we could wake up early for our trip to Morocco.

But, of course, like all the other times you try to will yourself to sleep, the opposite ends up happening.

So as we were lying there, wide-awake, we got to talking.

We talked about how we were feeling after almost a month in on this world traveling of ours.

It’s been great, absolutely.

We’ve seen things we never imagined doing together.

And we’re about to embark on 20 amazing days in Italy. Then 30 more in Thailand.

How wonderful it really is, I know this.

I sold everything to do this. And what I couldn’t sell, I gave away.

My BMW. My Louis Vuitton. My Marc Jacobs. My Ethan Allan furniture. My flat-screen TV.

All of it, gone. Cleansed myself of the material things.

And him, the same.

It was a no-brainer at the time.

Because you see, when we were deciding to take this step in our lives, we had high hopes that this would be a “life-changing” experience and that we’d have one of those “Eat Pray Love” experiences and come back different people, for the better, of course.

So when we were lying in bed, going over our first month of travel, I just wasn’t having any of those “a-ha” moments.

Something just kept nagging at me.

Thoughts kept going through my head like…. "Is this it?”

And I hope you don’t take that the wrong way.

Because “this” is amazing and wonderful and exactly what we wanted to do.

And I’m so grateful we took this leap, because I know not many get to.

But, you see, I don’t want to come home after 6 months, with an $18,000 dent in our wallet, and have nothing to show for it other than a few pictures of the Eiffel Tower and the Colosseum.

Yes, yes, I know, that’s incredible too.

But I want to come home with more than that.

I want to know that the 6 or so odd months we spent around the world on this once-in-a-lifetime experience had purpose other than fulfilling our selfish wishes.

So I tried my best to explain that to The Dizzle and he just got it.

Because he’s cool like that and seems to just get me at the exact moments I need him to.

So.

Now.

It’s time to put in the work.

We need to research.

How can we help? What can we do?

Do we go feed the poor? Do we volunteer at an orphanage? Do we sign up to build houses for people?

I’m a rookie when it comes to things like this {unfortunately}, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

We have 2 months after Thailand with nothing booked.

We left that part open to “figure it out” while we were traveling.

And I’m so glad we did because now I feel like there’s a reason we did.

Now I feel like we’re on to something.

Something bigger and better than anything we could have anticipated for this journey of ours.

I’m getting excited and I want to start right away!

So that’s that. I’m anxious to see all of this unfold and what will come of it.

I don’t quite know what it’s all going to entail.

But I bet it’s going to be pretty amazing.

Also, I just wanted to say I'm grateful for all of you guys.

I love reading all of your wonderful comments and emails and it just makes me feel connected while I'm thousands of miles away from home.

So thanks for following along and being a part of this too. :)

xoxo