What Have I Done?
So...in July 2015, I was having a major crisis.
I had just graduated from grad school, and didn’t know what to do with myself.
So cliche it actually hurts...
In my mad rush for finding something, ANYTHING, to do with my life, I investigated a great many things. And learned a great many things about my worth.
1. I am not qualified for a damn thing that I actually want to do. I went to school so I could work with refugees. Does any NGO want a fresh-out-of-gradschool employee? No.
2. I am actually TOO qualified for some things. Like...what? Seriously?
Somewhere in my meandering, I came across a “teach abroad” program.
I can do that! I mean...YEAH. I can do that!
There were a lot of countries, but I got set on Thailand. An old roommate had taught there and spoke of nothing else, so it was just, okay, I’ve never been there, Thailand it is!
So I applied. Didn’t think anything of it, didn’t expect to hear back any time soon, went along with my contingency plan of getting a nurse aide certification so I could continue to work at my student job (I worked in a library). A tad pathetic? Yes. Did I get a lot of confused looks when asked my previous education? Yes. But hey, it pays the bills.
TWO DAYS LATER: *ring ring*
“Hello, Sarah? I would like to interview you for the teach abroad program, would now be a good time?”
Within a week I bought a plane ticket.
Almost exactly one month later, I was headed to Thailand.
I was the one with her head on a swivel going, “How the hell did I get here?”
