Cultivating a Passion

We may be home bound, at the moment, but our dreams and passions are free and wide open. In this time of ‘stay home’ and transitional thoughts, let us focus on what can be.

As this articles featured rider, Chad would say, “Find your goal. Seek out that dream. Pursue your passion. Once you have it, do not under any circumstances let anyone back you off of it. Today seems like a good day to start.”

Chad Christensen is a “new-ish” rider who has taken to traveling on two wheels. In December 2016 he sought out a dream after watching the documentary film, Long Way Round, got a bike and began taking on the adventure of riding and experiencing the world.

“I thought it would be cool to ride with my friends to exotic places. That is it. It wasn’t a grand thought. It didn’t take a long time to come up with. It just appeared and I let the seed embed itself in my mind.” He talks about this life altering decision as just a thought that appeared in his mind, and then the see embedded itself. He called up a friend and began to plan new adventures and dream big.

“If you allow yourself to get excited about an idea and follow it, great things can happen for you. What we see from so many people is the initial idea and then a thousand reasons why they shouldn’t or couldn’t do it. The alternative we should be embracing is to have the idea and enjoy it for a bit. Let it settle in without any interference to see how it works to engage your soul. If it inspires you, then you can start moving forward with all the reasons to say yes instead of any of the reasons to say no.”

Chad has taken to the roads, whether dirt, gravel, pavement, mud…give him adventure and he will go. He has ridden across the US several times, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and more. He catalogues the rides through his YouTube channel ‘to maximize the experience of adventuring not only for travelers but as the communities they travel through’.

Be Gone for Good- “When you can Be Gone For Good it means so much more than just traveling and sightseeing. We leave our mark on every person we see and every place we visit. It is a mindset. It is a culture. It is a lifestyle. We are all a part of this same system and the sooner we recognize there is no such thing as “strangers” the better off we will be.”

So, remember, seek to pursue! I look forward to seeing you out there once the wide-open roads become our roads again. Happy planning and soon to be riding, dream big and dream often…then achieve!

See more from Chad on his website: www.BeGoneForGood.com

Written by Danell Lynn, Guinness World Record Rider –www.danelllynn.com, 

@danell_lynn Photo copyrights Chad Christensen – Be Gone For Good.