Well, I did it!
I went on my last-minute travel break and I survived it.
It was heaven.
… And stress.
The Last-minute trip that Saved my Life! (Part I)
Planning.
Like life, booking travel abroad generally involves a fair bit of planning.
Or so I thought…
Last year, people asked me if I had a travel plans. What a ridiculous question– of course I had plans!
Why I won’t hang up my travel shoes.
A few months at most… I’ll go back home just long enough to find another job to get me back to Korea.” That’s what I told myself. Returning to the U.S. was the furthest thing from my plan.
My Hindu astrologer in Dharamsala quoted a year. I had difficulty believing him. A year later,… the stars were right.
Returning from a Gap Year: 9 Tips to Starting Over
Here are 7 tips to Starting Over:
• Find a job… any job.
It doesn’t matter what your major or career was before you left.
Returning from a Gap Year & the Morbid idea of Starting Over
Returning to the U.S. after two years abroad was the bravest move I could make.
It also occasionally has felt like the stupidest.
There’s only one fear which plagues the backseat of every gap year | long-term traveler| expat’s insecurity…
Coming home after a gap year? Well, get ready for a shock…
How did it feel being back in the U.S.? I’m going to be honest. It kinda blew.
Surviving a University Job Interview in Korea
The majority foreigners working in Korea teach English. As a foreigner, getting a job offer to teach a specialty aside from English is unlikely. Not impossible. It’s just not a job that you’ll find commonly posted for a foreigner.
Four Gurus of my Yoga Teacher Training in Dharamsala
After a month long yoga bootcamp at Himalaya Yoga Valley in Dharamsala, I finally graduated. Woot! Muscles aching, belly battling waterborne parasites, while hurdling through two asana classes a day and intensive schedule of studies and teaching practicums… It was a lot! Along the way, you accept your body’s shape-shifting as your foreign environment molds you– injury happens, bad diets take form (carb-loading cause you can’t eat veggies), India initiates you with horrible toilet habits.
But good things come from it as well…
My Schedule: A Day in a Life of an ESL Teacher (Part 2)
A Day in a Life of an MTV Producer turned ESL Teacher (Part 2)
