It's Sunday, June 12. In 5 days I leave this wonderful home for an adventure of absolute unknowing. I've called it "Untethered: Melanie on the Road" because 'untethered' is what I'm feeling as I pack things up, leave my job, say goodbye to my friends, get ready to be un-homed for at least 6 months.

With excited trepidation I prepare- so tired of cleaning and packing and closing up shop. So eager to be on the plane heading to the west coast. So un-nerved by the un-knowing I have committed to.


I want to have my mind blown. I want to untether myself from daily routines, comfort, sameness. I want fresh perspective and the chance to have my psyche enlarged by the magnificence of the U.S.'s natural wonders. I want to see what comes up in that crazy mind of mine as I spend so much unstructured time alone. I'm also fearful of that last part. It's a frontier as yet to cross.

Learning how to live by myself, I now will learn how to travel by myself. This blog will be my place of reflection.