This post is almost entirely stolen from my dear friend Stephanie. You can find her original post here.
I have such an international heart that sometimes it truly physically pains me to have been left so long idle in the States. I long for the adventure of discovering a new culture, making new friends, and experiencing God's majesty all around the world. I know God has His timing in everything, so I am continually looking for his guidance in my life.... and for now he has me exactly where He wants me. HOWEVER, at the same time, I'm so terribly sick of being another one of those girls sitting around waiting for a large amount of money to suddenly drop into my lap and allow me to step out on my next big global adventure. "NO MORE!" I say.
Following in the steps of Stephanie, I am trying something new, something known as the "52 Week Money Challenge".
The basic concept is that each week I will put the dollar amount of that week's number into a jar. (So for week one, I put in $1, for week two, $2, add infinitum.) At the end of one year, the money in the jar should equal $1,378.
Cha-ching!!!
It seems most appropriate to start now, since in a little over one year from now will be coming up on my first spring into summer... hopefully after having my first full time teaching job, and with this little savings plan, I should be able to afford to go somewhere wonderful. Like, a cross-it-off-my-bucket-list kind of place (Of course I have far, far to many bucket list places to even begin to narrow them down now...)
Anyways, so I am busting out an empty plastic cup for now and dropping in my first wrinkled dollar bill. Only twelve long months to plan and dream...
"Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere." {Isabelle Eberhardt}
Any fellow adventurers out there are welcome to join the journey.