So today, I went to school. Wow, there's a lot to talk about right there..
Actually I wrote an essay about what I would do if I knew I couldn't fail. Mine focused on becoming a travel journalist and trekking the world in the most extreme way:
I anticipate my monthly travel magazines for their awesome articles of places in the world. Most of the time it only makes me wish I was older and had a college degree so that I could be the lucky one interviewing an indigenous group in lesser known areas of the world. If I knew I couldn't fail, I'd definitely be an extreme travel journalist.
One of the things that I've decided I must do before I die is backpack Europe. It only makes sense that this would be my first trip in my accomplishing career as a travel journalist. Among the countless activities that can be done in Europe, a must-see event for me would be experiencing a live bullfight in Spain. As I moved onward to the east, I'd swim in the Mediterranean Sea while sightseeing in Greece. Learning so much about the Holocaust these past couple of years in school, I'd surely have to stop in Germany to see on of the many concentration camps.
After becoming a well-known writer for one the best travel magazines or Internet blogs, I'd challenge myself yet again with a exciting journey "around the world in 80 days". There are several places I've heard and seen from TV and other sources, and one of the most exciting to me is South Africa because the wildlife is plentiful, dancing is encouraged, and it's fun saying "buy-a-donkey" which is how you say "thank you" in their native tongue. Japan is a great place full of interesting culture which includes fashion, architecture, and refined cuisine. To make my trip even more exhilarating, I would choose to go to Argentina as well, and I might try speaking to the residents with the little Spanish that I know. I would have to meet a gaucho, or Argentine cowboy, and maybe try some locro, a popular around the Andes mountain range, while I explore the land.
Since I know I can't fail, the sky is nothing but an obstacle. I would travel all the way to outer space and see what it looks like from an astronaut's perspective. I would stay up there until I saw the Great Wall of China or possibly the Gulf of Mexico. I would have to read The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy before I departed, and I'd compare and contrast with the real thing. Perhaps one of the most splendid things to do while in the universe would be discovering the force of "non-gravity".
As I've explained, if I could do anything if I knew I couldn't fail, I would take my risks and become a travel journalist. I'd start out small with one country, and then I'd gradually work my way up to traveling the galaxy. Maybe this idea of success will motivate me, and many others, to work diligently until they achieve their goals.
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The impetus for writing a novel seems to be different for everyone. For me, my dad told me, during my trip in Europe after sending home like 53 pages of travel logs, that I should consider writing. My dad doesn't give out compliments lightly, and that's what did it for me. Kind of simple, huh?
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