The winds are a-changing, and I couldn't be more excited. I finally took a step back and prioritized my life not according to what is expected of me, but according to what I want to do, where I want to be and who I want to be.
No matter which way I spin it Travel is number one on my list. Not graduating, not love, not children. Just me, my thoughts and the world. It's time I realized that this is the time in my life to be selfish. There's nothing wrong with that. That's not to say that I won't graduate, find love or have children. I'm just going to do things slightly out of order.
First: I'll graduate. Included in that package is a trip with my mom and hopefully a summer trip with a few of you wonderful people.
Stage two of my very open-to-change plan is to find a job overseas teaching English (preferably in Asia). Some of these opportunities are so inclusive that they'll even pay my return flight and housing! If I can find something like that, then I can hopefully save 75% of my income over that first year of teaching. That could easily turn into $20,000.
THEN, I become a nomadic backpacker for one or two years and see the world. Who knows, I could find the place I would eventually want to settle down in, I could find the love of my life, etc... But what WILL happen is that I will gain the experience of a lifetime. This itch is one that I can't avoid scratching.
I've decided that I need to stop soul-searching. I'm looking for something that just isn't there, which is why it's such a cumbersome ordeal. I need to go out and live and develop that soul that I yearn for.
Here's to the end of looking back.
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