i’m absolutely desperate to go travelling. i’d never really considered it before because i’m naturally quite a shy person and the idea of travelling alone scares me, but in the past few days i’ve really been thinking about how i don’t want to waste my youth, i want to be able to look back at my life and know i’ve made the most of it. i wish i’d organised a gap year to go backpacking, but it’s too late now, i’ve made no arrangements and it would be too much of a rush to be able to do anything worthwhile. but i’ve spent half of today looking into it all, and next summer or the summer after, if i’ve managed to save up enough, i’d love to go travelling and see the world. there’s so much i could do, 12 week internships in australia, conservation projects, volunteering, backpacking, and i could do it through a company as an organised trip so i wouldn’t be completely on my own. i really desperately want to do it, and i’m so committed to saving up for it even though i know it will be hard. i could also go travelling for a year or two when university ends if i don’t manage it in the next few years. i just don’t want to waste my life away trapped in england, i want to live a life full of light and adventure and freedom. i really really hope it all works out