Travel Throwback Thursday

Since we’re all stuck at home for an undetermined length of time, I thought it might be fun to revisit some cool travel memories from my past.

Back in 2014-2015, I lived and taught in Gifu, Japan (just outside of Nagoya)….

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How to Live and Teach Abroad.

A lot of my friends and acquaintances who keep up with my Instagram posts are really curious.  You go to all these cool places.  How do you do it?  No, I’m not secretly rich.  No, I don’t have a job as an International Spy of Mystery (although if I did, I wouldn’t tell you.) The short answer is: I teach.

When I tell people I’ve taught in Japan and South Korea, it’s very shortly followed by: How? As in, how did I get started?  Below, I’ll detail some of the process.

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If Not Now, When?

Five years ago, I was working in a beige cubicle with no windows in downtown Chicago. There was nothing wrong with my job on paper – the pay was good, I had fabulous coworkers, a healthy working environment and a relatively stress-free commute.  Every morning, I arrived early to enjoy my Venti Starbucks coffee before my coworkers began to trickle in and I thought, well, it’s not happiness, exactly, but I’m content enough…I think? I didn’t technically have anything to complain about.  I had job security and health insurance.  I didn’t bring my work home.  So, I gained a few pounds from being largely sedentary and snacking on the pastries that inevitably filled the break-room at lunch.  So, there were lulls of boredom or stress when working up to deadlines.  So, it wasn’t my life’s passion…

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