Context is a fickle thing. If I casually drop "packing for a trip around the US is difficult" but do not give you a heads up that I'm doing that, if you read this in chronological order, it um, does not make sense. Or it does, if you like surprises, and have a lot of intuition...
With that being said, I'm going on a trip around the US! Starting from Massechusettes, going down to Florida, west to Southern California, north to Vancouver, and east again back home. Part of this trip is to gain perspective, because honestly over the years, I've wanted to do some traveling to other countries, and yet, I do not have what I would consider ample perspective on the one I live in.
This is for that. It's for not mis/under-representing my country and the people in it. Ugh, that sounds like a poorly worded Bud Light commercial, but uh, I suppose there's a reason they write them like that.