Back-up Plan: Hawaii

A long time ago, when I realized my life was not going to be exactly what I always dreamed, I devised a back up plan. This back-up plan will be set into motion if: I flunk out of collage, another family member or close friend dies, I loose all my money, a fire, flood, or tornado takes away all my worldly possessions, all of the above.
This plan consists of me taking only key belongings and what little money I have and jumping a plane one-way to Hawaii. Once there I will claim a residency in some beach hut or other low maintenance (cheap) housing, and find a job as a maid. Once I have enough money I will then begin the long process of getting an entire arm tattoo from shoulder to wrist of a Hawaiian pattern of pink flowers and blue waves.
'Why Hawaii?' You may ask. Well, for as long as I can remember, Hawaii has been the ultimate vacation/honeymoon destination for years. This means it's a place of leisure and relaxation and I feel like if my life goes far enough down the tubes, I will need a more relaxing place to live my life. Hawaii is also beautiful, natural, and hot. Above all things I love to be warm, so what's warmer than an island! On a more superficial note, Hawaii has been the setting for such cinematic gems as Lilo and Stitch, South Pacific, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Blue Crush.
Now, you may be thinking 'Blue Crush, Hawaii, maid... I get it.' But that's not quite it. The maid thing I decided on because I have spent a large part of my free time and life in general cleaning up other people's messes, so I figured I might as well get paid to do it. I am by nature a clean person so I would also be getting paid to do something that requires little to no training, and that I am already good at. Not to mention I have always preferred labor work to mental work, it's just easier and less stressful, and again, less stress is what I'm looking for. I am a low maintenance kind of person, there is very little I need to keep me happy so having a lot of money isn't high on my list of priorities, which brings us to part 3 of the back-up plan.
The tattoo, 'Why don't you just get it without moving to Hawaii and all the rest of the hassle?' My friend you are not paying attention. The whole point to the back-up plan is that it comes into action when all else has failed. The little money I have can not be squandered away on some body art whim. I need to keep that money to keep me in college. Now, if I were to flunk out of college or my grades became low enough that I could no longer attend, then I would move to Hawaii and spend my money on whatever frivolous joys I so desired. One of which, would be this tattoo. The tattoo also comes from a movie: Stranger Than Fiction. In this movie there is a character played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ana Pascal. In this movie Ana tells of how she became a baker after producing study snacks for her friends when she attended Harvard Law. She found baking brought her more joy than studying law, so she dropped out and started her own baked goods store. Ana Pascal has a Hawaiian sleeve tattoo of pink flowers and blue waves. This movie, this character, and this tattoo changed my life, and I decided right then and there that if I ever wanted to 360 my life, I would start doing what I loved and live how I wanted, including getting a tattoo. That doesn't mean I want to flunk out of collage.