Beyond The Chair

At the age of 29, the idea of being stuck in the same predictable 9 to 5 job was only the start of what terrified Andrew Shelley. Thinking back to his life, he realizes that over the years he has been constantly watching the man he wanted to be drift away.Beginning at birth, the diagnosis of Muscular Dystrophy, a degenerative muscle disease, predetermined a larger portion of his life, to include needing a wheelchair before the age of 25. His career was also inherited, coming from a family of engineers (bothgrandfathers, all uncles, his father, and brother) he naturally fell into the trade. Personal happiness wasn’t part of the consideration for his career. Life in a cubicle meant exchanging the extreme adventurous life he had pictured as a child, for settling with fleeting weekend getaways. And while most guys can’t stand commitment, Andrew doesn’t find the same joy in bachelor living. It appeared that his life was whittling away day by day, along with his 90 lb body, to become nothing of what he wanted. Every person reaches a crossroad of whether to continue down the path that they unwilling find themselves on or discovering the courage to start down a new path that leads to somewhere better. For Andrew that time is now. as he sets out on a backpacker journey around the world to find himself, who ever that may be. Learn more…