Life is a Library Everyone starts in the kiddie section, where pictures and colors teach a wonderful lesson. Guided by heroes, you’ll flip into fantasy and wander through worlds; Until a little white card opens up a door to the second floor. Gee Wiz! Galore! Internet, movies, music and more! Where to begin; Fiction, non-fiction? Business, artistics? Simply start reading, and follow the feeling. Stay as long as you want, it’s free to be... Just don’t forget to pay those late fees. Is it possible that we are all still in the kiddie section? One way to find out, in my opinion, is to take a Guilt-free Gap-Year. A Guilt-free Gap-Year is different than a normal Gap-Year because it is taken with a specific intention, and it involves giving yourself the slack needed to accept that . And they don’t always involve travel, being a confused 21 year old, or even stopping something negative. The intention can be as simple as, “I will read a book a month for the next year.” Or, “Our family will eat dinner together more this year”. For me, it was “Embrace Uncertainty”, which meant quitting my general contracting company and traveling as a semi-professional nomad. No matter how dramatic, a Guilt-Free Gap-Year will change something, in the same way that a library card -- might I say? -- open up a door to the second floor. Sometimes choosing an intention is the hardest part. Which is why every library has a librarian (role model). For myself, it felt like I didn’t have a choice to quit my contracting company, but beyond that initial choice I had no direction except, “North”. This might be a excessively millennial for me to say, but the internet provided my map, and I simply started reading. From then on, all I needed was a compass. And this is where my hippie side shines through. By employing a list of practices including (but not limited to) hardcore meditation, odd diets, and lots of naps, I believe humans have the capability to harness their unique Intuition and use it to feel out direction after taking the leap into a Guilt-Free Gap-Year. More to come on how to harness the universal gift, but for now, make sure to pay those late fees! Thanks for listening to THE NOMAD THEORY Stay Wild Folks!