USD Magazine Summer 2012

newdirection. It’s time to try somethingnew. The gnawing sensation evaporates , replaced by a heady mixture of fear and freedom. You don’t even know where you’re going, much less how you’re going to get there. But you’re trembling with excitement just to be taking a first step in a Soon you’re dreaming big, shooting for the top, making audacious requests and promises, faking it ’til you make it. b y S a n d r a M i l l e r s Y o u n g e r a n d J u l e n e S n y d e r P h o t o s b y T i m M a n t o a n i It starts with a vague restlessness, a growing awareness that the life you’re living simply isn’t enough . You may have achieved everything you’ve ever dreamed of. You may be wildly successful by every measurable standard. Yet, somehow, some way, you know it’s not enough. Not enough to satisfy the hunger gnawing at your soul . Not enough to make you happy. One day something flips, and you reach a decision. Whatever lies ahead, however costly, however risky, cannot possibly be worse than wondering, “What if?”

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