Our whole lives have been focused on what the next great accomplishment was -- from getting the highest marks in grade school to finishing our degrees to a scholarship in South Africa for me and a teaching job at UCT for him. Building cv's, planning for the future, and getting way too old before we have to.
What we forgot to do... was just be twenty-something. So, that's what we're planning to do next year... well in three weeks from now, actually.
We're hoping to ... Couchsurf (www.couchsurfing.org), volunteer, and travel and not plan too far in advance.
Learn, do yoga, read for fun, explore.
We'll take a gap year of sorts and let ourselves reflect on the past and have new experiences, but more importantly, really think about what we want next. What each of us desires for the next steps in our lives and not just take the first job that comes along or do what everyone else expects us to. For anyone that knows me, I have had a lot come my way in the past few months especially and I think it's time to just let myself have a break and figure out what I want.
So we'll be picking fruit and teaching kids, but we'll also be getting away from what we know and letting ourselves really think about what we want out of life!
And we'll let ourselves finally just be 24!
What we forgot to do... was just be twenty-something. So, that's what we're planning to do next year... well in three weeks from now, actually.
We're hoping to ... Couchsurf (www.couchsurfing.org), volunteer, and travel and not plan too far in advance.
Learn, do yoga, read for fun, explore.
We'll take a gap year of sorts and let ourselves reflect on the past and have new experiences, but more importantly, really think about what we want next. What each of us desires for the next steps in our lives and not just take the first job that comes along or do what everyone else expects us to. For anyone that knows me, I have had a lot come my way in the past few months especially and I think it's time to just let myself have a break and figure out what I want.
So we'll be picking fruit and teaching kids, but we'll also be getting away from what we know and letting ourselves really think about what we want out of life!
And we'll let ourselves finally just be 24!
You continue to amaze me, you guys are going to have a tremendous time.
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