I would like to think that I am a traveler. According to the TravelBrain app on facebook, I've been to 8% of the world's countries. I like to think that I am an adventurer, a learner of new experiences, an explorer. Having said that, I have also never been apprehensive or scared to take on a new world, new challenges and to meet new people.
But as I pack to spend the next year of my life in London, England, I can't help but feel really quite anxious and even nervous about my move. Perhaps it is because I'm leaving my doggies behind, maybe it's because I'm sad to leave the friends I have here.
Doggies helping me pack. Kinda.
But whatever it is, I haven't been able to brush this feeling off. It's actually kinda starting to worry me. Is this the first sign of me growing old? Am I settling?
I think I'm due for some change. Having been in Seoul the last four years has made me complacent with my life. Sure, I've taken small holidays here and there but I feel as though I haven't had much personal growth. I've grown comfortable with my life and my position in it. I was a pseudo SC:BW caster, translator and interviewer while being a teacher and educational consultant and a girlfriend.
And this comfort is what I don't want, I guess. So here I am, on the move again.
I hope that England provides me with some answers and hopefully more questions to keep me on my toes, to make me hungrier for life and to keep searching for whatever it is I am searching for. To keep things whole and to someday, become whole myself.
"In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing.
When I walk I part the air and always the air moves in to fill the spaces where my body's been.
We all have reasons for moving. I move to keep things whole."
-Mark Strand
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tl:dr - I'm moving to London so please stop messaging me about meeting up in Seoul. Thanks.
There is a fine line between nervousness and excitement, you can't really have one without the other. Besides, feeling anxious about leaving things behind means you have created something worth holding onto to. It seems Seoul has treated you well (those dogs are adorable), I am sure London will do the same.
Holy crap, you'll be there for the Olympics! You lucky bastard
Coming from someone who loathes moving, vacationing, traveling, changing jobs, or anything beyond unexpected weather... your travel/adventuring sounds exhausting!
ahhh susie i have always admired you you've had so many different proverbial hats on and they all suit you perfectly (at least, interviewer/translator/caster certainly do, though i unfortunately can't judge the others from observation). best of luck wherever you go! you'll rock london.
also haha wish i had gotten to meet you in seoul/NJ while you were there. oops, monsoon and real life.
On September 07 2011 15:06 Sokalo wrote: What kind of dog is that on floor?
Coming from someone who loathes moving, vacationing, traveling, changing jobs, or anything beyond unexpected weather... your travel/adventuring sounds exhausting!
He is a fat Yorkshire Terrier named Taco and the white tiny dog is my Maltese named Ruby.
On September 07 2011 15:12 hazelynut wrote: ahhh susie i have always admired you you've had so many different proverbial hats on and they all suit you perfectly (at least, interviewer/translator/caster certainly do, though i unfortunately can't judge the others from observation). best of luck wherever you go! you'll rock london.
also haha wish i had gotten to meet you in seoul/NJ while you were there. oops, monsoon and real life.
^ Seriously, what you do is admirable and you're a woman of much respect. I hope I can be able to travel around a lot like you, too
Have fun in London! I wish I could go there again and even stay. I know you'll have a great time, you're the kind of person who'll find a way to enjoy it.
Shouldn't of revealed where you're moving... Now you'll have, uhm, what do you call those people that live in the UK again.. ukrainians? Yeah, now you'll have a bunch of ukrainians asking you to meet up in the UK. Not fun.
Let's meet up in London Since you already have a place to stay, I'm pretty sure you will do just fine in London. Granted, I haven't seen much of it yet myself but a globetrotter like you will definitely like the cosmopolitan vibe. Think of it as a new chapter in your life.
On September 07 2011 17:42 Quint wrote: Let's meet up in London Since you already have a place to stay, I'm pretty sure you will do just fine in London. Granted, I haven't seen much of it yet myself but a globetrotter like you will definitely like the cosmopolitan vibe. Think of it as a new chapter in your life.
Haha, I'm pretty sure once I get into the swing of things I'll set up some London TL get together ^^ We can all meet up then.
Hi Susie, sounds like your life is awesome! I'd love to move around all over the world, in fact I'm trying to figure out how to do that as we speak. I have a pretty good paying job (~50k/year) but I'm bored and getting complacent like you said, I want to see so many places!
I don't know if this is too personal, but what do you do for work/living? How do you manage to travel so much? Any recommendations for cheap/free ways to live in foreign countries?
My parents will be taking care of the dogs since they love them as much as I do. And yes, I'm going back to school for a masters degree because well, I just want one.
On September 08 2011 03:35 Gatsbi wrote: Hi Susie, sounds like your life is awesome! I'd love to move around all over the world, in fact I'm trying to figure out how to do that as we speak. I have a pretty good paying job (~50k/year) but I'm bored and getting complacent like you said, I want to see so many places!
I don't know if this is too personal, but what do you do for work/living? How do you manage to travel so much? Any recommendations for cheap/free ways to live in foreign countries?
edit: Sorry about the dogs =(
I work in Education. Usually I'm busy as hell between June and Jan but Feb-May is pretty much free. I'm a teacher sometimes (usually test prep) and I consult Korean parents about the US education system. And now I will be a student, thus moving to London. Living there has been a dream of mine for a few years now and realized that being a student is the best way.
When I travel for holidays, I either stay at cheap hotels or with other TLers
On September 07 2011 17:42 Quint wrote: Let's meet up in London Since you already have a place to stay, I'm pretty sure you will do just fine in London. Granted, I haven't seen much of it yet myself but a globetrotter like you will definitely like the cosmopolitan vibe. Think of it as a new chapter in your life.
Haha, I'm pretty sure once I get into the swing of things I'll set up some London TL get together ^^ We can all meet up then.
you better not become too busy for us nerds with ur fancy london life (best of luck obv^^)
Welcome to London I guess, I don't know what Seoul is like to live in, it seems pretty nice, but I think London is a pretty great place to live to so enjoy your stay.
What/where are you studying if you don't mind me asking?
London can be a really great city at times, I really hope you enjoying studying in London, and I would be totally down for a TL meetup, I would try and get Pholon and flicky to come too.
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