Hey there, I'm Jayce. I am an ambassador
for the Pangea Explorers Club and this is my story.
As far back as my memory can take
me, my life has been filled with a surreal sense of wonder for this planet.
From the biodiversity of life that inhabits the earth to the tumultuous
activities taking place within passing seemly unnoticed, the balance of these
things has been the forefront of curiosity in my life.
I grew up on a hundred acre
plot of land outside of a small town named Fredericksburg in the beautiful
Texas Hill Country. For the most part I lived the average life, only with a
good amount of agriculture thrust in to the mix.
My parents were adamant in my
education and strictly enforced the ideology that hands on learning was the
ideal method of gaining knowledge. That being said, the only practical amount of
time I spent in the house was coming back for meals. Otherwise I spent my days
exploring our land, learning the terrain and coming to understand the natural
fauna.
I
now spend my time here in Fredericksburg exploring and wandering
through Texas in its whole. Often you can catch me out at Enchanted Rock
State Park barefoot running up the giant granite batholiths. I am a
national and state park junkie, yet equally as content with just any
hole that has enough water for me to jump into.
I recently left college after studying geology
and playing baseball for the University of Texas - Dallas for a year and a
half. My experience in Dallas was truly the most humbling experience of my
life, but that in itself is a story for another time. I witnessed an
entirely different psychological perspective moving from small town life to
a metropolis of a little over two million.
I was truly blessed to grow up in
a small community, one in which it's nearly impossible to go to the grocery
store without seeing someone you know and where southern hospitality lives
strong.
While
Dallas was a much stronger stimulus, the mentalities on life people held
differed vastly from my own and for the first time I could fully appreciate
where I called home. Dallas made me question the vanity of my materialistic
desires and I found myself focusing upon what it is in life that brings true
love and bliss. For me personally, it's the outdoors. My love in life is
exploring the world and feeling the sun on my skin.
Lastly, while it's true fear is the
enemy, I use fear every day in my life to test boundaries and test myself. It's
okay to feel fear, it's not okay to let it consume you. Find what scares you
and go and achieve it immediately. I can promise that if you implement those
ideals into your life you will look around in wonder at all you have and can
accomplish.
The world is yours; you just have to go take it.
