Have you ever thought about it? This isn't a response to the "Trump or Hilary" decision. This is not a response to Orlando. This is not a response to Brock Turner. Our writing staff has covered all of that to great lengths, and all of those things make plenty of people want to run away. They are all terrible. But this is a response to life in general.

Have you ever felt like it's just time to run away and start over? Take maybe your three closest friends and your dog and just start somewhere new? New people, new job opportunities, new adventures and new local culture. It's not an unusual thought to have when you are buried in responsibilities or when you feel you have exhausted the options that are available to you.

I have reached that point, I think. I am ready to go out and find new adventures. I got a good start, moving across the country to go to college. But now that I'm home, I almost feel like it's time to go again. Maybe that's because I am just so used to leaving after a few months at home. Maybe it's because I just graduated and I have no idea what to do from here. But maybe I'm onto something. Maybe the only option is to open up the options by going somewhere new.

I am from a small town, which may make this all make a little more sense. I am so used to seeing these same faces everyday and I love most of them! But it's hard to feel like you are getting to meet anyone new or have any new opportunities when you have been in the same place for so long. It's not that I don't want to have these people around or that I want to run away from them, I just need change. Someone new, something new. I just want to get out and find things. Do an overhaul of everything and everyone in my life (except a select few who I know I couldn't get along without), and move to a new place and have amazing adventures. And maybe meet a cute foreign boy to spend my time with.

I mean, now would be the time, right? While I'm young and without any major responsibilities? It's much easier to get away when you don't have to worry about rent, a mortgage, missing work or uprooting kids. It would be so simple to just find a cheap flight and just go! So, what stops us?

Now, I know I'm not just going to run away. I do have people that I don't actually want to leave behind. I do have commitments to uphold and responsibilities to attend to (not the least of which is finding a job that will allow me to pay off my student loans), but sometimes it's nice to escape with the thought of just picking up and running away. Tell me you haven't thought about it before.