A Gap Year Travel Leap of Faith
September 28th, 2009 Posted in Gap Year Program IdeasI am an accountant of a big company here in United Kingdom. Traveling is part of the job as I audit companies all over the world. I graduated with flying colors and thus accepted the offer made by this company I am working for now. My career choice was never actually related with the gap year work I did for a year before I jump off for college.
As much as I love numbers, my first love then was teaching gap year destinations. I already had something in my mind when I graduated from high school. Knowing where we should end up runs in the blood thus I know that I should go for a course that deals with numbers yet there is a nagging feeling that I should try the teaching industry even for only a year and then after doing that perhaps go for something that is practical.
So, here I come equipped only with my natural knowledge, native English language tongue, common sense, high level of intelligence and guts; then visited Thailand for a gap year in the teaching industry. As much as I love the gap year work I had fallen in love with Thailand Holiday destinations. It is an industry in this country that one traveler is surely proud of to share from their unique culture to the destination itself.
It was leap of faith on my part when I decided to go for a gap year travel before pursuing a career. During our time gap years are seen as something that is impractical and peculiar. Yet unknown to many it was these gap year expeditions of mine that fuel the long hours of studying and sacrificing for four long years.
It was not only about Vegetarian Festivals, Ko Tao,Sangkhlaburi Patpong, Nana and Chiang Mai. My Thailand travel were far more than. It was far more like appreciating another part and reality beside the United Kingdom. It was appreciating more of what I have and loving another race that is far more different from mine.
My gap year expeditions were never forgotten… not entirely in line of work right now… but it was something that never should be pocketed and not shared. The gap year destination was just a bonus thing, a plus factor that comes with every realization.
How far did your gap year travel affect you and your decision making?
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