So the other day I took a gander back through my journal from 2011 and came across my New Year’s “aspirations” as I like to call them. Looking back, it was weird and neat that I wrote this. I had no idea I would travel abroad to the opposite side of the planet…which FOR ME was an incredibly stretching and growing experience. When I wrote this in my journal, I actually had in mind the half-marathon I was going to train for, but about 4 miles into training, I quit. Hahah. Lame-o. Maybe so. But God had something else in mind and I’m so grateful for it. I’m pretty sure when I wrote this down, I had no real concept of India—its geographical location, culture, or anything. But at the beginning of 2011 I knew…I really knew I was going to have to step up my game. Do something. Grow up. Learn. And not settle for mediocrity any longer. I forgot about that aspiration, and seeing it after its fulfillment was kinda cool.