Running Away

As I was setting up internet pages as part of a homework assignment for my graduate study (an exercise in futility) I remembered a promise I had made to myself last week. I am currently reading the book "The happiness project" and a section of the book discusses doing something that might not be within your comfort zone but that might make you happy in the long run. The author created a blog that she committed to update each week. It got me thinking. If I commit to updating my blog posts each week with a new photo and a story about how my life is going, it will force me to get out there and actively snap some shots each week instead of coming up with a thousand reasons why I can't go photograph.
I realize of course that these blog posts are extremely narcissistic and that few people will ever read them but the point is not to gather a vast following... the point is to force myself out of my comfort zone and do something that will make me happy. So this is just the first of what I hope will be weekly blog entries from me. Some may be insightful... some may bore your pants off but feel free to comment or add any thoughts you like... maybe this can become an open forum where you share some of your thoughts and photos as well.

Life is rarely as simple as we would like it to be. As I stood at the edge of the Grand Canyon last weekend and contemplated the choices I had made in my life recently (returning to school... accepting a deeper commitment to my work... etc) I thought about finding the nearest "outback" trail and disappearing. I found myself asking "if I truly went off grid would they ever find me? Could I survive that way?" The answer of course was NO because here I am in front of my computer but I did give it some serious thought. I wondered "could I find a way to eke out a survival doing what I love... taking pictures... hiking... being outdoors?"
I have however become accustomed to certain luxuries... running water... flushing toilets... hot food... and ICE CREAM! So I could never just toss it all away and head out. This got me thinking however, AM I THE ONLY INTELLIGENT GROWNUP WHO HAS EVER THOUGHT OF RUNNING AWAY?