My soul craves adventure. My bones ache to overflow with adrenaline. My heart beats for the moments you stay alive to tell about.

85 percent of what I do is motivated by whether or not it'll be a good story. This drives me to be a little more reckless than I should be. A little more impulsive. A little more wild. A little more careless. A little more dangerous. But I can't help it; I'm a free spirit, beating on with the currents, aspiring to be inspired.

And nothing is more inspiring than the moments when your body is infused with adrenaline. My biggest fear in life is having a boring, mediocre existence. This simply won't do. I need excitement. I need to reach out and experience a life as large as my dreams. I'll never be quite able to pan out the scenarios I create in my head, I realize that (though I'll never be able to fully come to terms with it), but I can roll in that general direction and see what rewrites life has to offer. I feel as if tiny strings are attached to my body, and year by year the universe starts pulling at them more and more, yanking me away. I don't want to drown in regret and what ifs. I don't want to simply read inspirational quotes on Pinterest; I want to embody them.

This is why I summit the tops of concrete jungles. This is why I swim with sharks. This is why I break into music festivals after they've gone to sleep for the night. This is why I run towards the eye of the storm in a poncho fashioned from a trash bag. This is why I paint myself blue. This is why I drive with you into the wee hours of the morning, talking about everything the sun is about to rise over. This is why I dance under waterfalls. This is why I strike up conversations with strangers. This is why I swim under the stars. This is why I never back down from a dare. This is why I live according to the motto, "It is easier to ask for forgiveness than it is for permission." I require my heart to beat as fast as the dreams passing in my head.

I've always thought of my life as a movie, and I'm writing the script scene by scene. And I never want the audience to be bored. I often recognize the safe choice, the logical choice, but where's the fun in that? Why not broadcast and live my life as if there were no consequences. Why not take the risk and see where it goes? Getting lost in the chaos offers a certain wisdom, awakens your soul in ways a mainstream life doesn't offer, won't offer. This is not a big-screen, summer blockbuster where you can predict the plot at every twist or a straight-to-DVD flick that's cute but is missing that certain je ne sais quoi. This is a feel-good indie film, a coming-of-age tale, where you're not quite sure where the road started or where it's going to end.

"She is delightfully chaotic; a beautiful mess. Loving her is a splendid adventure."

I do it for the story.
I want to have good stories.
I want to be a good story.