Adventure, Lifestyle, Travel

teal takes on… a BIG move.

BY: teal2 Comments

I’ve moved a lot in my adult life.  This, after spending the first 18 years of my life in Mason City, Iowa. (A great place to grow up!)

I spent my college years in Illinois, Orlando (thanks to a stint with the WDW College Program), Washington DC and London.  Grad school took me to NYC.

Graduation day at Columbia University.
Graduation day at Columbia University.

My career in TV sent me back home to Iowa, down to Waco, Texas where I picked up two-stepping, an affinity for the word ya’ll, and a pair of cowboy boots, and eventually to the Windy City (Chicago) where I rediscovered a need for the coats and mittens I had in storage for a few years.

All in all, 9 cities in about 10 years.

My husband has lived in nearly as many places (thanks in large part to his career as a Navy pilot). The Navy took us to Newport, RI exactly one day after our wedding. Why wade into military life when you can dive in head-first?!

After a very quick four months in San Diego, our next BIG adventure begins in just 17 days. We are headed to JAPAN, which will be home for the next 2-3 years.

As you might imagine, I’ll be ‘taking on’ a lot in Japan. Yes, plenty of adventures — I’ve got many cities, countries and cuisines on my bucket list — but I’ll also be taking on my first deployment. No doubt, a big challenge ahead.

The best advice I’ve received thus far? Keep busy.

My response? No problem. #letsdothis

 

Adventure

teal takes on…

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I’ve always loved adventure. From an early age that meant dragging my parents on the Chicago Loop roller coaster at the local carnival 7 times in a row (I wasn’t tall enough to go by myself), producing and anchoring my own TV show (Good Morning, Mason City) from my childhood basement and skiing down the tallest, steepest hills I (thought) I could handle.

Chicago Loop -- apologies to my parents for making you ride this over and over and over.
Chicago Loop — apologies to my Mom & Dad for making them ride this over and over and over.

Thanks to my adventurous spirit, I’ll try (nearly) anything once. I’ve ‘taken on’ skydiving, roller derby and wild rickshaw rides in the streets of Agra, India.  I’ve tried my hand at goat roping (yes, goat roping), a circus trapeze and archery with Ted Nugent.

Hanging out on Ted Nugent's ranch.
Hanging out on Ted Nugent’s ranch.

But adventure doesn’t have to mean spending big bucks traveling to Asia or jumping out of airplanes.  Each and every day brings opportunity to ‘take on’ something new.  You can ‘take on’ that new Ethiopian or Persian restaurant in your city, an amazing hike you’ve been meaning to find time for, or a nearby city you’ve never explored.

My goal is to ‘take on’ something new at every opportunity.  I hope you’ll join me!