Thursday, January 30, 2014

Airport-Justin

I’m sitting at the airport about to leave for Iowa for this trip. It’s crazy to think that in two and a half days, I am going to know what country we will be moving to. I think teaching abroad is a great opportunity to see the world and practice my craft on someone else’s dime. In the meantime I feel like my current state of mind is refreshing as well. I think everyone should have a chance to just press the reset button on their life and take a chance. I have been a planner my whole life. I have always had specific goals and milestones ahead of me. First I was going to graduate high school, then college, then a graduate degree, and then start my career. Now that I have accomplished all of that, I am fully embracing the idea of allowing myself to enjoy a life curveball. I feel like a lot of my life has been part of a plan. I have worked extremely hard to accomplish my goals and follow my plan and I’m proud of it but it’s time to reset that and just go with it for a little while. I have no regrets about the way I have lived my life but look forward to the chance to live with some uncertainty. I think being out of my comfort zone is going to be an adventure…even if that sounds a little corny.

So while I’m sitting in the Orlando airport where it’s been in the balmy 70s for the past few weeks I am equal parts excited to see what comes next in this process, and also dreading the forecasted -15 degree weather. I hope things go well at this fair and have faith that they will. I will check back in after I have done some interviews and have a better idea of where things are going.


*Update: We just got a lovely automated phone call saying our connecting flight from Chicago, Illinois to Bumbledunk, Iowa has been cancelled. We're in the process of figuring that out now. Oh the joys of winter travel to the Ice Planet Hoth.

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