What’s Your “Life Can’t Wait” Moment?
I hope that you were able to enter the Sunsilk “Life Can’t Wait” contest with promotions by our favorite Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester. The contest was a great idea and the prizes were super (a trip to NYC - awesome!).
But even if you didn’t, I’m curious to know what your “Life Can’t Wait” moment is. What moment was your greatest challenge, your finest hour or conquering your biggest fear? What did you do that made a difference in your life?
Mine, for me, is easy. And relevant right now because I’m traveling in the UK - where my moment began.
In law school, I had a crush on a boy. I was desperate to impress him. Nothing that I did seemed to work.
My friends and I made the decision to travel to Rome, Italy, to study for the summer. My crush was from Greece - not so far away - and I had a great plan to visit Greece so that I could wow him with my understanding of his culture upon my return. The only problem? I couldn’t persuade any of my friends to go with me and I was a bit daunted by the prospect of going alone.
I made a bet with my friends that if I won, we would head to Greece. If I lost, we would head to Germany to visit another friend from law school. I lost, and Germany it was.
I was disappointed, to say the least. I thought that there could be nothing in Germany to appeal to me. I was completely wrong. I had a wonderful trip and our friend invited my friends and I back the next weekend. So, the next weekend, I took an overnight train back to Munich for a fabulous weekend.
My friend from law school, who was working in Munich for the summer, came to visit us in Florence the following weekend. I was having a delightful time and didn’t miss Greece at all.
When summer wrapped up, my friends split up to head out to various places - Paris, Amsterdam and at least one, home early. We were to fly out of London together in a few days. I flew to London early to bum around with a friend. The thing was, she wasn’t really much of one to “bum around” with - her father had put her up in the InterContinental (an extremely nice hotel in London) whilst I stayed in a hostel a few neighborhoods over. It was not the best time I had ever had in London.
As we were wandering through the streets of London, I saw a Student Travel agency advertising really low prices. Hmm. My friend - the one from Munich - was studying in Prague for the rest of the summer. I had never been to Prague and I had really enjoyed my time with him in Munich. I impulsively ran in and bought a cheap ticket to Prague - leaving London that night.
Prague was wonderful but I didn’t know Czech at all. I had no money. I had not advised my friend that I was coming. And I didn’t exactly know how to get to his dorm - all I had was my phonic interpretation of his address.
I was advised to get on a train that ended at a bus stop. I got on the bus and the driver finally put me out in the middle of what looked like a giant field. Tired and poor and more than a little lost, I hiked across the field to inquire how to get back to the center of the city. Imagine my surprise to learn that the big ugly building in the field was my friend’s dorm… only he wasn’t home. And neither of us had a cell phone.
I scribbled a note with the address of the house that I was staying at (in Prague, it is not uncommon for students to stay in private homes) and left. Upon my return, I found a note rolled up in the gate at the home saying that my friend was in a bar not so far away. I ran over to the bar and there he was, with a handful of other American friends.
I hung out with him for the next few days. I had so much fun that I missed my flight back to London - and hence home (you didn’t want to be on the end of that phone call to my mother). But I didn’t mind. My friend was showing me the sights of Prague - which has to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world - by day and by night, we were hanging out at the bars and nightclubs.
Eventually, I did have to go back home. I had no money and my parents were not too thrilled at my choices - but I was.
Nobody could have guessed how that summer would turn out. But that impulsive act - running into the student travel agency on a whim - resulted in my dating my friend and several years later, marrying him.
Don’t be afraid to take chances. You never know where they might lead you.
What is your “Life Can’t Wait” moment? Mine was dramatic - but they don’t have to be to make a big impact. What moment changed your life?
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