Gopher Topher
267: Descent
Today was my last day as part of Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. I left Keystone at 7 in the morning and drove back down out of the Rockies, back to reality, back to life as most people know it. This is bittersweet. For all the long hours, power struggles, and breaking points, there was still something to this campaign lifestyle that was alluring. It was the ability to pick up your life and move it at will just by packing back into your suitcase and hopping on another plane. It was working with your peers and feeling like you were making a big difference in the country's future at 22 years old. It was a lifestyle that can only be fully understood by others who have lived it, which is what makes it so sad to leave. The only people who will truly understand what I've been through out here on the campaign trail are the others who were there, people who are scattered around the rest of the country now and out of my life. I made the right decision by leaving, but there will be a lot to miss.
267: Descent
Today was my last day as part of Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. I left Keystone at 7 in the morning and drove back down out of the Rockies, back to reality, back to life as most people know it. This is bittersweet. For all the long hours, power struggles, and breaking points, there was still something to this campaign lifestyle that was alluring. It was the ability to pick up your life and move it at will just by packing back into your suitcase and hopping on another plane. It was working with your peers and feeling like you were making a big difference in the country's future at 22 years old. It was a lifestyle that can only be fully understood by others who have lived it, which is what makes it so sad to leave. The only people who will truly understand what I've been through out here on the campaign trail are the others who were there, people who are scattered around the rest of the country now and out of my life. I made the right decision by leaving, but there will be a lot to miss.