I woke to a new world this morning and I feel really excited about the new changes in the air. When I began this blog I wanted to talk about my travel aspirations. There are so many aspects of my interests that are tied to travel that it is hard to focus on just, well, travel. For instance, I have a huge financial debt looming over my life and it must be repayed. I’m not unlike anyone else out there in the world today – we all have debts in some way. But, this debt will keep me from exploring and doing all that I want to do in my days – when I want to do it. In recent months I have wrestled with this fact and probably will continue to wrestle with it for quite a long time. It’s a challenge to overcome. I will overcome it.
So, I’m interested in money and how to make it and spend it. I’m pretty good at spending money. It’s my profession. I work at the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library developing special literacy and library promotional projects. I tend to spend a lot of taxpayer, foundation, and donated money to meet the goals of each project. It is not what I had intended to do when I first began working at the library, but it has a unique and special purpose that helps people grow, learn, and entertain themselves through one of the greatest inventions in the world – the library. Some people tend to think of the library as a quiet place, but, truly, it’s a place with a lot of action. Libraries are one of the biggest change agents in the United States.
The idea of being a change agent and doing work in the community appeals to me. It’s perhaps why I have been such a supporter of Barack Obama for the past two years. I want to surround myself with people who want to work with me and not against me to accomplish goals. I feel like Obama is a person who can work with me and I with him. That’s why I voted for him.
I love watching the political process – especially the role that the media plays in it. Frankly, I tend to be cynical about the role of the media, but as a person who has always been fascinated by what has happened and will happen next I just can’t keep my eyes off a newspaper, internet news site, or television. Observing is experiencing and I do love to experience.
Alejandro chuckles when he reads my posts because they don’t always seem to relate to “travel”. I suppose he is right, but I tend to see things as interconnected. As I experience the changing world around me I feel as though I am always on a journey towards something new even though I haven’t stepped onto a plane, train, or automobile to get there. I hope, if you are reading this, that you won’t mind hearing about my mental explorations as well as my physical explorations.