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What has been the greatest adventure of your life?

– Reddit user CanIRemoteIn

There’s never a time that I hear the word adventure, and I don’t think about The Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins, now there’s a hobbit I could hang with. I suppose by adventure, we could be talking travel, but we could also be talking figuratively, like a life adventure or some sort. If you haven’t noticed after six months of writing these Ask an Admins columns, I just LOVE talking about myself (sarcasm), so I’ll give you one of each.

Travel-wise, I’m really excited to say I once participated in JetBlue’s All You Can Jet promotion back in 2010. For those who may be too young to remember (a whopping five years ago), JetBlue granted passengers the opportunity to fly as many times as they wanted for an entire month for one flat fee!

It was a traveler’s dream come true and I couldn’t resist the opportunity. I told my boss at the time, “Hey, BRB,” and never looked back. So for literally 30 straight days, it was Austin to New York, Boston to Cancun, Chicago to Pittsburgh, Seattle to Vegas.

It was a helluva turbulent (poor pun) time! In all, I think I hit over 30 major cities, 20 flights, 15 hotels, a dozen national landmarks, nine professional sports stadiums, four Disney parks (in one day, I might add!), oh, and spent around $10,000 Mexican pesos.

For the more “What-am-I-about-to-do-with-my-life?” adventure, there came a time in my mid-20s when I realized I absolutely needed to go back to school. To understand why this would be an adventure, let me start by giving you a quick synopses of my GPA from grades K through 12.

I wasn’t the most dedicated student growing up, but I was determined to change that label that I’d created for myself. It wasn’t that I was a dumb kid, it’s just I never realized the importance of a college education until high school was over—hanging with friends and having fun, you sometimes forget responsibilities. That was me.

So I said, “Fuck it.” Something in me sparked, and I became determined to make up for all the time I wasted by not taking school seriously. I started back at community college, going day and night, before and after work, so I could transfer to a four-year college.

Keep in mind, school was not my thing—but setting a (crazy) goal and going all-in on accomplishing that goal is. So, would you believe my absolute and utter shock when after staying out of school for nearly 10 years, I went on a 4.0 GPA, four scholarships, and an acceptance letter to UC Berkeley? Yeah, I’m going to go ahead and sum that one up by calling it one crazy ass life adventure.

As for others’ adventures, check out a few responses from fellow Reddit Admins below:

Reddit user nivraghtebasile: “The greatest adventure of my life… that’s a lot of pressure, but I’ll go for it. Like several seniors in college, I found myself lost for what to do next and desperate for an adventure.

“I looked into WWOOFing, teaching English in South America and finally settled on moving to Melbourne, Australia to be an au pair. For those of you who don’t know, an au pair is basically someone who wants to live abroad and in exchange for free housing and food, babysits their children.

“I was so excited for my new adventure that I never once stopped to think that I was moving to the other side of the world where I knew no one, and on top of that, I was agreeing to live with a family who I had met via 15-minute Skype session. I made that decision over four years ago and to this day, my year in Australia was my greatest adventure.”

Reddit user Willowgrain: “The greatest adventure of my life was being my grandma’s granddaughter. She will always be the greatest love of my life.

“She raised me along with my two brothers. Sadly, she passed away from leukemia in September 2014. The adventures around San Francisco and the lessons she taught me along this journey of life together, are moments I will cherish for the rest of my life.”