How in the world did I get myself into this situation?

I've come to the realization that I live to ask myself this question. Now, I don't mean asking it in the negative way, like when I'm facing the consequences for doing something wrong or stupid, but when I end up in doing something amazing, awesome, strange and/or completely surreal, just by taking going out and doing things. I am by no means a daredevil, but I love adventure, I love seeing and experiencing things that few others have ever done before.

Over the past month I've been reading the book, Yes Man, by Danny Wallace (yes that stupid Jim Carrey movie is based off it, but the book is way way way different). In the book he decides to say Yes to everything for 6 months, and it leads him on some absolutely crazy adventures, that he normally wouldn't have gone on, and changes his life in the process. This is the way I want to lead my life. Not necessarily saying yes to everything, because sometimes you just have to say no, but saying yes to things that I normally wouldn't say yes to.

Last year, my trip to China was a prime example of a time where I said yes to something I would normally say no to, citing lack of means to go. Now, I am definitely paying for it now, having no savings and a bit of a credit card bill, but I wouldn't change it for the world. Who else can say that they hiked the Great Wall of China and camped out on one of the towers? I personally know of only 8 or 9 other people (because they were with me). Or, who can say they once stood on a street corner in Beijing with a box full of cats, and then went for nachos later on that night? I can only think of one, and he was with me at the time (that was a pretty weird moment in life, huh, Chris).

Either way, I loved the fact that while I was doing each of those things I was able to ask myself, "How in the world did I get myself in this situation?" And just smile.