Moving anywhere is always a big decision. Moving across fifty states, past country borders, over a major ocean, and into a new country you’ve never been- let alone seen before- can be intimidating.
But I’ve ALWAYS wanted to go. So why not now? I’m young. I have a degree. I’m ready. Something you should know about me, is that although I can go with the flow with pretty much about anything in life, I like to have a plan. I like to know that I am making progress in life and, if time allows, I like to look at the bigger picture and paint it in the way I want it to go. Graduating from college was always a goal of mine, there were no exceptions to keep me from that. But when I took my head out of the textbooks long enough to realize that I was close to accomplishing that goal (because honestly, sometimes college feels like it is NEVER going to end and the wheel is going to keep spinning round and round) , I realized it was time to make a new long term goal. But what was I going to do? Where was I going to go? But most importantly, who was I going to be? So, a year ago –and with graduation on the horizon- I knew I had to make a decision. I had to do something once I walked across the stage, received my hard earned diploma, and entered the world as an adult with a degree. So I started looking…. And I kept looking….and looking….and looking….( I mean, I still had a year. I wasn’t in a major hurry)..... until I found a program that felt undeniably right for me. It’s almost as if something whispered to me, you’ve found it! The program is named GeoVisions and they partner with multiple countries to take Teachers, Tutors, Au Pairs, and Volunteers around the world to receive cultural experiences and the chance of a lifetime to live and work in a foreign country. Who wouldn't that sound good too?! Since that moment, I moved full steam ahead with my decision. I never looked back, never took a moment to dwell on the fact that I will be thousands of miles away from what I know and what I am comfortable with (don’t even get me started with my obsession with Target, anything Texas sized, and all things American.) Because I know this is what I am supposed to be doing with my life right now. There are things out in the world that I need to see, lessons about life that I need to learn, and people that I am destined to meet. AND NOW FOR THE MOMENT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! After a year of planning, praying, paperwork, debating, Skype Calls, Graduating, and deliberating, I have finally signed to work in the town of KILLALOE IRELAND, just outside of LIMERICK IRELAND for the next year! It’s the first stop of 4 countries and I couldn’t be more excited! I leave in the beginning of August and am doing everything I can think of to prepare for the year long trip. And yes, that does include, all the Spicy food I can eat, soaking in the sun, and yes, multiple trips to Target so it is out of my system for a while. But I’ll be okay. I will gladly learn to live without. I’ll have more than enough to do and see out there. Ireland is waiting. Ready or not, (and I am sooo ready) Limerick here I come. As Hugh Laurie once stated, “It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.”
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