Travel - The Need Grows More and More

Well, it's been a month since I didn't win that travel contest. Time to move on and find a new way of going to Australia. (Or really - anywhere!)

Here I am bored. I have very little work experience (besides retail and the time I've been with Rogers has been more than just what I was hired for - but not much). So with little work experience, I feel I'm not qualified to do many jobs that I may want to try. I could, and would like to, go back to school but I've done that (and still will) and I want to do something different. I really like the idea of volunteering and working abroad. I very much want to do this.

I also have no hobbies (other than boxing) so what do I do? I obsess over whatever current show I have rented. (Currently it's Degrassi: the Next Generation - except I haven't been renting it. I've been watching the last season and now current season online and they are so slow updating!)

I have never been outside of North America. That thought alone is depressing enough when I already think that I'm depressed enough! There's so much that I want to experience.

Problem with Travel #1:

Money.

I'm looking into solutions for this. Well, the main one being, I suppose, stop spending it. But I'm also looking into options for individual fundraising. Not sure where to start but I know it's possible.

Problem with Travel #2:

Okay I know some people are not going to understand but . . .

King, my baby. I would miss him so badly! The longest I've ever gone without him was last Canada Day when Victoria (best friend/old roommate/former co-owner) took him up to her family's cottage for 5 days. I missed him like insane!! I highly highly doubt that I could take him with me. I know he would be looked after here but it would be painful. Then I would be afraid that he won't remember me or love me as much. I know, kind of lame maybe, but it's true.

I know that if I can overcome those two problems I'll be able to figure the rest out somehow (paperwork is mostly what I'm thinking). Guess I need to get a move on it!!

Thanks again for participating in Expedia.ca’s Life Changing Travel Contest

Dear Heather
Thank you for your submission to the Expedia.ca Life Changing Travel contest. We were honoured to receive so many wonderful and inspiring stories from across the country and were thrilled with the volume of response. Whether it was about overcoming adversity, a desire to make a difference in a community or expand an overall life experience, each submission was unique.
We had a goal in mind when creating this program – to highlight and encourage the transformative power of travel. The decision was a difficult one to make and after hours of deliberating,three finalists were selected. Unfortunately, your video submission was not chosen.
We appreciate the time you took to submit your video telling us about your Life Changing Travel adventure and want to thank you again. We hope that you continue to pursue travel as part of your life and enjoy each and every experience. Please visitwww.lifechangingtravel.ca in the New Year to follow the experiences of our three winners and learn more about their Life Changing Travel journeys.
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Well it looks like I won't be going to Australia. Not anytime soon anyway. I told them that I wanted to go to Australia to get out of my rut and comfort zone. I wanted to go on adventures: sailing, bungee jumping, surfing, skydiving, etc.
I'm pretty disappointed but then again I shouldn't set hopes too high for something that's a bit of a long shot. (And I mean a long shot in the sense that I'm competing against many other people who, at the very least, are equal to me.) No matter what, worth a try. I won't give up yet.

A Buff Heather (That's Not Heather in the Buff - Sorry)

Over the course of the last few years I've been doing certain things to help improve my health. Now I admit that until only fairly recently I haven't done too much but something at least. Things I've done include: playing on an Ultimate team (two summers), running, and boxing, which is the only one of those three that I am still doing. I've been boxing twice a week for just over a year now. Also recently I've started weight training. I think most of this interest has been sparked by my co-worker and friend, Paula. She helped a great deal anyway but I think the first spark came from my co-op placement back in my second last year of high school. I had a placement at the Carleton University weight room. For a long time I always thought this placement was kind of useless, as I really felt like I didn't get much out of it (I didn't do much really) but maybe it wasn't. It did, after all, make me somewhat interested in fitness, even if that interest did subside for a few years. Anyway, I feel like I'm back on track now. I'm even considering possibly personal training. I'm no where near ready for personal training anyone right now mind you. I first have to personal train myself.

My biggest downfall on this subject is nutrition. I'd already be so flippin' fit if it weren't for my absolute addiction to eating in general. Seriously, it's a problem.

Other things I'd like to try: Zumba, Capoeira, and/or some other martial art. I'd also consider pole dancing.


On another note, I entered in this travel contest with Expedia just over a week ago and it's about the time where the winner will be decided and not knowing is killing me because I feel like I could win it but I don't really know at all.

Maybe it's not for me after all...

As I was sitting in class today I realized something. Maybe this isn't for me.

I'm not a student. I work mostly part time at our local community television station, Rogers TV. I'm working master control, which is a job I don't love but I don't mind. I am taking classes part time though. It started a few months ago when I decided to just take a part time class out of special interest. I took Pop Culture, which was fun because I'm generally just interested in pop culture and I like learning about the history and somewhat of how our pop culture today has become the way it is. This semester I decided to take Special Events Coordination, which was also something that had interested me. I also used to sit beside a woman at work who was planning the Impression Awards ceremony (which is an award ceremony across all the Rogers stations) and it sounded stressful, but it also sounded sort of, well, fun. A good challenge. Anyway, today in class (and since we're suffering some effects of our first snowfall so I'm sure the weather didn't help the mood) I just realized how bored I got of this class. You would think that I would be interested in something going on. Well, I like some of my classmates ... and our teacher's pretty entertaining ... and umm ... yeah ...

I'm not sure it's for me. I had also been trying to decide whether to continue on in the part time program that these two classes I took are part of, which is Public Relations Practitioner. I really don't know if that's for me.

I wish I realized all this when I started volunteering for Friends of Abandoned Pets. FOAP is an Ottawa-based organization which finds home for abandoned animals. We're having a fundraiser next month and I decided to volunteer myself for helping plan it. It's just frustrating more than anything. And I really hate asking people for donations. We're having a Dinner and Auction so I said I would ask some people for donations but I really only have one. My best friend, Victoria, is the assistant manager at Mrs. Tiggywinkles so I asked her and she said yes. That's all I got. I'm trying to arrange a site check for the room we're renting but there are three other people who want to go and it's really hard trying to fit in four different schedules. It's hard too because the main organizer is only available evenings and weekends and the only times we can see the room is during the day because of events taking place in the evenings and weekends. Makes sense right? Well anyway, I know I shouldn't let just one experience deter me walking away all together especially since I have pretty much no experience but it certainly doesn't help. Well I'm committed to the Dinner and Auction now, and that's fine but I don't know how much more I'd be willing to do.

Anyway, on another note. I really don't eat enough vegetables. I did for a time drink V8 juice to get my nutrition. I'm considering starting that again.

Hi there!

I am Heather! Pleased to meet you!
Now I've always been interested in this little thing they call, "blogging" but never really knew what I should be "blogging" about. I have a few intersests: boxing, fitness, music, movies, my dog, and so on, but there's nothing I'm much of an expert on and there's no one thing I love the most out of everything. So what can I "blog" about? I figured just that!
You see, I feel that I have no idea who I really am or what I am capable of and there's nothing I feel particularly passionate towards (which bothers me a lot) so if you're interested, this will be my progress report of my journey to find out who I really am and what I will eventually become.
Personally, I'm looking forward to it!!
If you like, check out my 43 Things page.