I went into the woods

because I wanted to live deliberately.
I wanted to live deep
and suck out all the marrow of life.
To put to rout all that was not life,
and not, when I had come to die,
discover that I had not lived.

"If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel—as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them—wherever you go."
Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw
— 7 months ago