Just a quick note to all of my favorite people...I have a very important bit of advice: KEEP LEARNING.
I cannot stress this enough.
If you're in school, learn about something that interests you that isn't something you're studying in your classes. If you're not in school, take 30 minutes tomorrow to investigate a subject you've always wanted to know more about.
I've spent so much of this trip indulging in all the learning that I didn't have a chance to do while I was at university, and I couldn't be happier. Right now, for example, I'm writing both for fun and for money, I'm reading The Three Musketeers because it's a classic that's somehow evaded me so far, I've spoken and/or studied 8 languages (Russian, German, English, Hungarian, Italian, French, Welsh, Latin), and I'm learning how to program in C, a popular computer language (bet you weren't expecting that last one!). I caught a lot of flack for choosing to go on this trip - some explicit, and some just obvious based on looks/facial expressions/body language - but it's hardly been wasted time. Most students spend four years at university. I graduated in three, and spent my "fourth year" abroad learning things about the world that school couldn't teach me. It's the perfect balance.
So starting tomorrow, the second you find yourself wasting time by watching TV or eating your 5th bowl of cereal, DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE INSTEAD! It's that simple. :)
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