GunesKizi

I’ve been trying to do my thing since I was 18. I’ve lived in Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, Canada, and California in the past 8 years…and I’ve also lived in a few countries and been to other places…in the past 8 years, I’ve moved wherever I wanted and worked and studied…I go places then if I am bored or feel it’s not for me anymore I try to look elsewhere for a place…I get tired of it sometimes,but it’s basically me following my heart…and I’m still trying to figure out if I’m supposed to…but I literally cannot endure a long time period in which I couldn’t travel somewhere…I’d like to meet people who are like that too..and hopefully at some point in the future, I’ll finally find a place I can call home…

Struggling with expectations from others and guilt from “duties” you need to fulfill is rough…

I’m trying to become more spiritual/religious to feel more peace with the world and myself…it’s hard to when you see all the misery that’s going on at the hands of big corporations and governments…I feel so sad…the world is getting worse and I hope I won’t see a World War in my lifetime…or my children’s and beyond..but who knows.

Enough blabbing…cheers.

So this is basically how 2006 was for me: left DC where I had been living for 1.5 years (aaaaaaahhhh) and stayed in Queens/Manhattan/New Jersey for 6 weeks before flying to Istanbul and exploring Turkey by myself for 3 months…

That was the most amazing trip ever…I went there with a very rough knowledge of some Turkish, but spending time there (not to mention being able to pass off as a native)helped me learn the language quickly and the way the country was..it was SO fantastic!!!! I highly recommend travelling around Turkey, but it really does help knowing people there! I stayed in flats for a few weeks totally alone, while the person I knew was off vacationing somewhere else…in some of the most beautiful areas of Istanbul and throughout Turkey…I would so live in this country if I could…
Then I left and went to Paris and Amsterdam (very short day trips) and came back to the NY area where I stayed for 6 weeks again…then came out to San Diego, and now I’m considering a move back to NYC or DC or wherever…Cali is great but kind of hard to live comfortably here if you’re not independently wealthy it seems….or where I am, at least :D

And a huge plus is Mexico being closeby…I LOVE Ensenada, and Baja in general….and the people are so nice, the food so awesome…anyways….

It will teach you a lot about yourself and you will definitely benefit from the experience no doubt…just try to blend in as much as you can, and learn some words, and be smart….