I was just telling a friend the other day, "I would not be the person I am today if I hadn't done Katimavik." And I mean that. I know it's something my PL's told me all along, and something you can't fully appreciate while you are living in the program, but it's true. Katimavik was the start of my travel adventures. It was the beginning of me exploring who I am apart from influences I had been surrounded with my whole life. It introduced me to different cultures, not only of the communities where I lived, but all the people I met. I discovered that my mind was open, but that it could be opened even more! It was me discovering and proving to myself and to others that I am actually capable of doing all the crazy things I dreamed of doing! It's been a year and a half since I finished the program. Sometimes it seems like it was forever ago, and sometimes it feels like just yesterday. I still talk about it all the time. I know I will never forget the places I went, the things I learned, or the people I met through this program. And, even though I've graduated from the program, it is still inspiring me to learn new and interesting things, to look for unique opportunities instead of just doing what everyone else is doing, to get up and go somewhere if I want adventure! I don't know exactly where I am headed, but I know that I will never again be satisfied with ordinariness. Katimavik is something that was meant to be in my life. Like I said, I simply would not be me without it.