Getting ready for the big move.
The big day is almost upon me. In one week I'll be on the ground in Colombia, the start of the newest international adventure in my life! I've been bouncing between excitement, nervousness, uncertainty, and the strangest feeling like I've forgotten something massive that's going to come around and bite me later. Seems pretty much like every other trip I've done, except the upcoming two years has made everything just that much more intense.
Wrapping up everything at LCS was an physical and mental roller-coaster, as I struggled through exams, packing my stuff, and saying goodbyes to many people who've helped change the direction of my life. Each day seemed to fly by faster than the next, until I blinked and it was all over, school was out, kids were gone, and it was time to move out. If you had told me three years ago that a small school in the Kawarthas was going to have such a huge impact on my life and ultimately change how I look at my career and my life, I don't think I'd have believed you. Now, looking back at it, I can't believe it was only three years, because I can see so many positive changes in me.
Four weeks from today I'll be teaching my first classes. I'm excited to meet my new students and the other teachers. There's so much to accomplish between now and then to get the year started, and that doesn't even start to include settling into my new apartment, learning my way around a new city, and struggling to improve my Spanish as quickly as possible! But it'll be a challenge with a lot of fun along the way, and plenty more growth too!
As an aside, take a look at this BBC article. A friend sent it my way, and it brought up some pretty cool conversations about how to adapt to a new life in a new country.
Wrapping up everything at LCS was an physical and mental roller-coaster, as I struggled through exams, packing my stuff, and saying goodbyes to many people who've helped change the direction of my life. Each day seemed to fly by faster than the next, until I blinked and it was all over, school was out, kids were gone, and it was time to move out. If you had told me three years ago that a small school in the Kawarthas was going to have such a huge impact on my life and ultimately change how I look at my career and my life, I don't think I'd have believed you. Now, looking back at it, I can't believe it was only three years, because I can see so many positive changes in me.
Four weeks from today I'll be teaching my first classes. I'm excited to meet my new students and the other teachers. There's so much to accomplish between now and then to get the year started, and that doesn't even start to include settling into my new apartment, learning my way around a new city, and struggling to improve my Spanish as quickly as possible! But it'll be a challenge with a lot of fun along the way, and plenty more growth too!
As an aside, take a look at this BBC article. A friend sent it my way, and it brought up some pretty cool conversations about how to adapt to a new life in a new country.
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