Andrew and I will be leaving next week for a two week road trip adventure out west! We’ve been wanting to take a long road trip for awhile…and now we’re finally doing it! We’ll be camping out at several of national parks along the way and hopefully be finding hotel rooms for the remainder of the nights. (At least that is my hope…as Andrew would probably be happier camping out every night if given the choice!)

We are truly blessed. Andrew and I fully understand that the freedom we experience in our life is not the norm…not everyone is able to just pick up and leave town for two weeks without using all of their vacation time! But this kind of freedom is new to us as well. It’s only been 8 months since I quit my teaching job and joined Andrew full-time with the photography business. That decision was hard in and of itself and one that was not made without much thought. Ultimately, the reason behind quitting my teaching job was that it was hindering us from living the kind of life we desired. Being happy, enjoying life and living it to the fullest has always been our goal…and so we took the big leap. We left behind the guaranteed income and cushy benefits for the freedom to live our life together on our terms – and we couldn’t be happier.

Unfortunately, I believe that there are many people who go throughout life without taking any “big leap”. Regardless of how unhappy they may be, or how much they long for something more…they continue on the same road – never carving their own path. They remain stagnant. I’ll be the first to admit that it’s scary…it’s scary as hell. But the end result is absolutley worth it. So many people say “yeah…but you had something to fall back on” which is only partly true and somewhat irrelevant. Never in our wildest dreams did either of us imagine that we’d be photographing weddings…but we found something that we enjoyed and jumped right in! Andrew and I frequently discuss “what’s next” in our life…in fact, I’m sure that will be a main topic of discussion on our two weeks in a car together as we explore some new places. We try to push ourselves to not be stagnant and to continue moving in the next direction…where ever it may lead.

So…if you are miserable, hiding behind a desk job that you truly hate or are sick of having other people dictate what you can and can’t do…what are you waiting for? I’m not saying that you should quit your job and become a wedding photographer, but assuredly there is something out there that you might legitimately love to do! Get moving…

We’ll try to post some pictures and stories while we’re on our trip – stay tuned!

Cheers,

Jessica