If you want to know where your heart is...

Before I first went to Colorado when I was a junior in high school I had no idea that I would ever want to live anywhere else but Kansas City. When I saw the mountains for the first time, something shifted. and I knew things would never be the same. I had one of the best weeks of my life there, and when I left, I cried, not knowing when I would be back. From that point on, something started growing inside of me--a wanderlust--a strong and irresistible desire to see and travel the world.

I went to Chicago the first time for a conference in senior year of college. I went thinking there was no way I'd really like it since it was such a big city. However, from the moment I stepped out of that cab I felt a feeling of certainty that I would be back and I would live there some day.

And I do.

I guess what I'm saying is you never know when and how your life is going to change. Be open to these moments and let them take you where you are meant to be. Life is too short to live it with regrets.

One of my favorite quotes sums it up perfectly: "If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders."

Colorado feels like it's next. The mountains are always where my mind goes when it wanders. And for now, I'm going to enjoy living in one of the greatest cities there is. A place I once only dreamed about living.