My Name Is

My name is Ambition. My name is VR6. My name is Thamisanq. My name is American. My name is Poseidon. My name is White Guy. My name is Mi Casa. My name is Varun.

I have become friends with the Zulu people. I have sung Zulu songs. I have worn Zulu clothes. I have drank Zulu beer. I have eaten Zulu food. I have danced Zulu dances. I have seen their kindness. I have seen their sorrow. I have heard their joys. I have heard their anguishes.

This morning, I wake up about to experience another shake up of 2012. First I moved out of my apartment. Next I quit my job. Then I came to South Africa for three months. Now I return home. If anything life is more uncertain now then it was in the past five months. I return now to the "real world." But the real world that I once lived will now be altered by this experience. Not dramatically yet all experiences in life change who you are. The people I've met, the work I've done, the experiences I've had have all effected me in some way. Will I be the same Varun that I always was? Of course. My goals have changed, though. My old life consisted of work at an un-fulfilling job, happy hours, bars, friends, family, trips. As many of these things will (and should) stay the same, I plan on changing and adding some things.

Now I have done a lot of talking and not a lot of doing, before. This is 2012, though. I told myself that this would be the year of change. Less talking. More doing. I think I'm off to a pretty good start.