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If you want someone spontaneous, someone who is going to drop everything to hang out with you the second you text, then I’m not the right person for you.

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Maybe it’s because of my anxiety, maybe it’s because of my fear of change, maybe it’s because of my incessant planning, or maybe it’s because I’m stubborn — but either way, I hate being invited out at the last second. I hate being surprised by spontaneous plans.

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Embrace the perfectly imperfect moments that come from taking risks. Because these are often the only moments we get.

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We want to seize the day in as many places as possible. We want to drink the sun and bask in the vastness of the world as it is, if only for a little while.

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My heart pounded against my chest and I hoped the jeans and denim shirt I had chosen to protect my skin would be enough if I toppled over into a gravel pit next to a rice paddy. On one of my first laps through town, motorbikes, cars, trucks with chickens on the back raced around us.

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It allows you to wake up every day without feeling like everything’s already been planned out and decided for you.

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It’s not perfect; sometimes it’s incredibly hard to find a decent place to work, and sometimes it’s hard to find motivation when all you want to do is hang out with some amazing new friends you’ve made. But it’s something that works and allows indefinite travel – I’m proof.

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If someone does this to me, I swear to GOD I will cry.

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Anytime I eat after 4 a.m., it’s predicated upon the excuse of “YOLO.” There should be a sandwich at the deli just named “YOLO.” “I’ll take the YOLO to go and, no, I prefer not to talk about it.”

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Be certain that you’re not rushing into things. It’s not as simple as sharing a shower, owning his and hers robes, and having sex frequently.