Left to myself, what might I have done when we got to Amundsen?
The ladies at the Goodwill were shocked when I walked in, but my courteous demeanor and the clear effort I was making to better myself left them smiling approvingly as I left.
Using a thumb to control the navigational buttons as most would do, I found myself to accidentally press down or left instead of the center Select button.
Hoff sent me a Flip camera and told me to follow myself around with it, so I did, holding the Flip in my left hand and learning how to address the camera and how not to want to puke when I saw myself on video at first.
The right front portion of the vehicle's frame was now on the ground, so I set my right foot out into the sand to get some footing, in order to pull myself and my left leg free.
Yet this conversation left me oddly despondent and I found myself grappling to find the solutions they needed.
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Still, I refused to let myself completely off the hook, and as I left her office, I set forth on a path of self-discovery to identify how my actions might've contributed to how I felt -- a path that quickly brought up the ever-confusing chicken and egg game.
Five years later, I found myself travelling around the world alone, with a single task left to complete on my bucket list.
When I left the Army and transitioned to my new life as a veteran, I took those experiences and promised myself that I would continue to pursue my personal tradition of service in my community.
Switching roles from BBC Southern Africa correspondent to cover Asia, I found myself longing for the open spaces of the continent I'd left behind.
The fact that it continues to do so under woefully inadequate management, while remaining financially hobbled by Congress, is a testament to the men, women, minorities and veterans (myself one) who work here and have been left wondering, for the last 8 months, what tomorrow may bring.
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