It’s Now or Never

Teri Limongi
Sep 2, 2018 · 1 min read

In exactly one month, I’ll leave the UK to travel far away from anything I’ve ever known. I’m ready to leave everything behind… For a while at least.

I’ve completed all that was expected of me as a young European woman. Educated, employed, I am in a stable relationship. What now?

I’ve only been working a few months since I graduated. It’s a perfect first job as a video journalist and I love it more everyday. However, I am already starting to feel the cold, insipid fingers of adulthood creeping around my ankles, tightening its grip and tethering me to the ground, where dreams are stifled by a swarm of bills and responsibilities.

Although I want to work, I am not ready to pursue a career just yet. I want to experience more than the “wake, work, watch Netflix, sleep” routine. I know that if I start to really get into my film making career, I’ll probably never have the chance to leave and travel for a long period of time.

It’s now, when very little is holding me back, that I need to go.

One backpack, one camera and one boyfriend to annoy during long flights. I am all set.