Hey y’all, it’s your girl, Tricia! First off, I just want to thank each and every one of you who has been following me on my journey lately. When Kurt and I broke up, I realized that I needed to spend some time getting to know myself, and in doing that, I realized that I really can’t get to know myself in Chicago. I need to go to India or Tibet or some place like that.
Now, I am not asking for a free vacation. This is work. I am going to be journaling, like, the entire time, and then I am going to take what I learned and turn it into something. Right now, I am thinking of a self-help book, but I am also thinking maybe a yoga meditation album. I am going to create a blog at the very least. Oh, or a podcast!
I get it, you are probably thinking that is a lot of money to ask for just a trip to some third world country. Well, I need to stay at the local Doubletree or India’s Doubletree equivalent because I can’t find myself if I am uncomfortable and without access to a shower.
Also, I need to completely immerse myself in the culture. That means buying one of those wrapping dresses Indian girls wear and that jewelry too. Oh, and henna. I need to be covered in henna to really open my third eye. Also, I plan to spend a few weeks in Italy, which is like the Nepal of Europe.
I don’t think it is hyperbolic to say that a white woman learning Eastern religious practices and applying them to modern Western culture could, literally, change the world. You are not donating to me, you are investing in your future wellbeing. I am not doing this for me, I am doing this for you.
Oh, and I should probably buy some of those gold bowl things the monks bang on, too!