I’ve always been an incredibly driven person, and growing up, my days were beyond filled with school, sports, art lessons, piano lessons, homework, and hobbies. When I got my first job in Corporate America after I graduated from law school, I didn’t have time to do any of the things I enjoyed because I was working 50-60 hours a week. After years of doing nothing but work with no real down time and missing my friends and family, I made the very risky decision to pack up and move to Memphis without a job. It is so easy to daydream in your cubicle of all the amazingly fun things you will do with your free time, but the TV watching, catching up on sleep, and socializing gets old very quickly. I feel very blessed to have met one of the greatest people I will ever know during that time in my life and fortunate that my friend and I share an interest in making our community better for ourselves and everyone else who lives in and visits Memphis. So here I am, 32 years old, willingly and excitedly spending my last Spring Break on a Volunteer Odyssey, eager to see where my journey will lead me…