I'm 19 years old and I've lived basically in one place for all that time. I never thought my life was very interesting, but considered myself very lucky for the relative comfort in which I lived. I've only ever stuck with a very small group of friends; people I know for certain that I care about. I was a terrible student in school, not behaviorally, but academically. My test scores were certainly often above average, but I never did the work. School never clicked for me. So much so that I never even did anything extracurricular. When I was at home, I spent an unfortunately large chunk of my life on the computer playing games. It was one of those nights I was sitting there when I decided to really do something. I've got a whole life's worth of adventures in front of me, and I'd better start now. I may have gone to a bit of an extreme, choosing to bike across the country as my first, especially with no experience, but so far it's working and I'm having an amazing experience.