“Whether to float with the tide, or to swim for a goal. It is a choice we must all make consciously or unconsciously at one time in our lives…. But why not float if you have no goal? That is another question. It is unquestionably better to enjoy the floating than to swim in uncertainty…”

- Hunter S. Thompson

For a long time I had no direction in life and simply cooked at one job until I got bored and found another. Like a lot of people, I stressed that I had no clear path to follow. That is until I came across a letter from Hunter to his friend giving advice on his potential life choices. I almost felt it was written for me and often when I am at a cross roads I will read it for reassurance. After years of blissfully floating I have finally found what was missing and have set sail in pursuit of my dream to be a professional photographer. This is how I have come to accept and give purpose to my nomadic lifestyle whilst shredding the guilt of one who squanders their time and ultimately being at peace with my choices.