Traveling

One of the most important things you should know about me is that I love to travel; I can’t stand being in one place for too long. Most people say that I use traveling as an excuse to escape my reality at home, and that I just try to run away from the real world. It honestly frustrates me when some people say that though. My love for exploring into the unknown has nothing to do with that. If a person were to truly know me then he or she would understand where the root of my passion comes from.

When the majority of people travel they do it for vacationing purposes. I guess you could say they are technically the ones trying to escape reality. The only purpose that the trip is serving is to get away from work and pamper themselves. I’m the opposite. Whenever I go abroad, I look forward to working and learning new things. For me, I find that by submersing myself into the local culture it will refresh and relax me. I enjoy listening to local people share their life with me. I see it as an opportunity to learn about a lifestyle that I wasn’t born into. It’s kind of like being able to live a different life without actually being born into it. You know what I mean?

I believe that when we are born and raised into a family, we get this pre-programmed outlook on life. We share basically the same opinions and point of views with our family because it’s all we’ve ever known. That’s why when I travel I like to get a peek at the world through other peoples lenses. It really helps to broaden my outlook on the world as a whole.

So to say that I travel only to escape reality, is false; it serves a greater purpose for me. We really do only get one shot at life, and that’s why I plan on enriching my mind with as much of the worlds cultures as possible. I want to live out as many lives and cultures as I can while only being one person. It’s all I want to do in life…

Until next time….

– Peanut

Hoboken and Manhattan skyline from Liberty Island. November 2013

Happiness

What makes me happy? You don’t have to ask me twice to get an answer. I’ve got a list things to answer that question. Instead of answering them here, I will just list them below.

1. Traveling- Nothing makes me happier than a quick and spontaneous trip into the unknown.

2. My friends- Whenever we are hanging out we always have a laugh. We all know how to crack jokes and have a good time.

3. Music- It’s amazing how a good tune can put me in a happy mood.

4. Pinterest- What’s better than an online site where you can find the clothes/house/food you wish you could have?

5. Photography- I have a different outlook on life than what most people have. That’s why I like taking what I see and translating it in a way others can understand.

I believe you can really get to know a person by what makes them happy, so hopefully you know me a little better now. Now I want to know something about you. What makes you happy?

Until next time…
– Peanut

Birthday in Heaven

December 22, 2013, is an important date for two reasons. It would have been my dad’s 50th birthday and it marks 11 months since my dad died. This post is going to be special as I share a bit about my dad and the legacy he left.

Meet Kenny Krulish, or as I like to call him, my dad. At work he was known as Captain Kenny, or if you were one of his students you probably called him “Captain”. Yeah, my dad was a firefighter. He basically had done and seen it all while working for St. Johns County Fire Rescue for 24 years. My dad worked in the stations running calls (in fact that’s how he spent his last few years working) but a majority of his career was teaching the new hires. One of his specialties when it came to teaching was making training videos. I guess that’s where I got my love of photography, videoing and editing came from. Don’t worry though, my dad had a life outside of his job and was quite the family man.

Disney Cruise. November 2009

When he was at home he was always in family time mode. We would either be heading off to the beach, watching football, or planning our next family vacation. My dad strived to make sure my brother and I had a childhood we would cherish the rest of our lives. He loved to go on last minute adventures with us and stopped at nothing to make sure it was epic. When we lived in a big community, during the summer my dad would invite all the neighborhood kids to come swimming at our house. We would spend all day in the pool playing games and he was right there having fun with us. Then we would all get on our golf cart and go to the park. Yeah, he was the dad with all the cool toys.

What would be our last family vacation. New York City August 2012

All of those things were great, but who was he to me? I mean a dad is supposed to be the most important person in a girl’s life, right? Well for me, he was and still is. Unfortunately I didn’t realize it till after he died, but now I recognize the value I placed on him and how much I needed him. My dad and I were like the same person; we shared so many traits and qualities. I could understand what he was thinking without him having to say anything, and he was the same with me. He always treated me like a daddy’s girl and now I know how much of one I was and still am.

Snowboarding with my dad. January 2010

As you have probably figured it out on your own, my dad was a one of kind. Today he would have been 50 years old, and I can only imagine all the jokes I would have teased him with for being so old. So I would like to dedicate this post to you Dad. Hope I am making you proud. Happy 50th birthday in Heaven.

-Love your Kare-Bear.

Discovery

One of the main components of an explorer is to discover. Whether it be a new place, person or even feeling, an explorer seeks the discovery of something new. I, being an aspiring explorer, can relate to this. We love to learn and share our findings with the world. Whenever I’m adventuring off to somewhere unfamiliar, I long to make a discovery along the way to help me learn. However, exploring isn’t they only way to discover.

James Allen, a British philosophical writer, once said, “Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.” I’ve learned that a new circumstance in my life helps me to discover a new side to myself. It can help me learn new traits that remained undiscovered up until that point. I guess you could say it’s a way of how we all grow and evolve as people. We go through this process everyday as we go through the motions of life. Take these new discoveries and use them to your advantage. Learn from your findings and then share them with the world.

 

Made with the iPhone app- iPhorisms.

Creative Writing

We all, as writers, can reach a creative plateau when it comes to our writing. It’s that point when our writing doesn’t have as much passion and thought behind it like normally does. It can seem like we’ve run out of things to get our creative juices going. As writers, we use situations around us to help us write and express our thoughts. But what happens when everything around us is at a point that doesn’t evoke some kind of emotion?

A friend of mine, knowing my creative writing side, gave me a gift this year to help when I experience such situations. I find it to be very helpful when it comes to needing intriguing writing prompts. It’s a book called 642 Things to Write About by The San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. This book was put together in 24 hours and literally has 642 writing prompts in the book. There are situations I would have never even thought about to write on.

The main point of the book is to help us as writers get our creative wheels turning by providing emotion and thought provoking situations. If you don’t have something like this, I highly recommend you go out and get it. Here is a picture of what the cover of my book looks like:

 

642 Things to Write About by The San Francisco Writers’ Grotto