I don't mind sitting in a car, plane, or train for hours on end. I will sacrifice days of my life for travel, always moving on to the next adventure. One of my friends always says, "the best adventure is the next one," but I don't want to go anywhere without people who make all the stresses of traveling worth it.

Just because your geographic location has people, does't mean you are forced to make them "your people." Who are my people? They live in Italy, Scotland and Canada. They live in the valley of California and the heart of New York City. Where do I live? A small, four-square mile town in suburban New Jersey. I don't associate much with the area, although it is where I was born and raised.

I love to travel, and I readily hop on planes and trains to see "my people," and sometimes we meet in the middle at some random new destination we both want to explore. It's not easy to have to put in such effort, but it's worth it.

I remember the days where I felt like I had no one to turn to but my family in my small hometown and my small high school, too young and naive to go far and travel often. But times have changed. To those who feel as trapped as I did, remember it gets better. Just don't forget, the world only gets smaller.

As I allow my wanderlust to guide me on all sorts of exciting adventures, I can't help but make more connections, linking meaningful people to other meaningful people, and there's an added bonus of discovering a truly meaningful place.

The distance between two people or places is only as great as you make it in your head. It's hard to wait to see those people again, and loneliness is not something one can go a life without experiencing. Some days, I sit in my bedroom scrolling through the thousands of pictures I have of my best memories, and begin to wonder why I can't be with those people in that place all over again. That's when I remember–someday soon, I will. When the right people come into your life, the distance traveled and the stress that comes along with it is incredibly worth it. It just takes some planning, but "goodbye" is always just "so long." People come in and out of your lives at strange times, and when you find the right people, you need to hold on to them. They help you grow and make your world smaller. They are always there to make the next adventure the next one.