THe Plan, the plan

[learnteach]

The PLAN (tm) is to take 6 months off, travel around, think about things. I really want to change the rhythm of my live, lose some weight, do a four corners tour of the US, see Europe, dance, etc (so the time off will fill easily.) But what will I do when I get back? What do I want to do? Time to go retry "What Color is your Parachute" and look at teaching again.

Comments

[noressa.livejournal.com]

YAY!!! Oh, I'm so excited for you! Yay! *hugs and spins* Good luck! Please, please keep me informed!

[selkiediver.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a lovely idea! I hope that you will keep us all keep us updated so that we may travel and dance, etc vicariously through you. Another book that you may find interesting is Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type..." (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005LPUP/qid=1076001691/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-9390755-0395064). judith_s and gizbot introduced me to it. Let me preface this by saying that I do not put much stock in the Meyer-Briggs Personality Inventory upon which this book is based (it has been proven many times to have validity and reliability issues), however, I did find the book interesting and worthwhile.

Go for it

[metageek.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good idea. Fight back against inertia! And come see us when you're up in this corner. :-)

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[selkiediver.livejournal.com]

That is soooo kewl! I tried to get posted at McMurdo Station to summer over in Antarctica. I have always wanted to dive under the ice there. Visibility of 500+ feet must be experienced one day! I made two mistakes when I was doing this. I was relatively late looking for positions and I only had time to go through Raytheon (the company that provides support at McMurdo). I should have started earlier and looked for researchers with grants.

Whatever learnteach decides to do, I hope he enjoys it a great deal!

Carpe Diem!

[shipofools999.livejournal.com]

But what will I do when I get back? What do I want to do?

I say don't worry about that until you get back. It sounds like this is a trip to take you out of where you are and you will land where you will. At that time, this question will be important. Looking for answers before you start could interfere with seeing possibilities you will find on your way. Collect info as you go and start pondering this question as you near the end of your quest.

I think the question that would be important now is what do you want to leave behind and where do you want to go.

If we don't get a chance to trek Sibley before you leave, I will look forward to it when you get back.

Bon Chance!

[xot.livejournal.com]

I thought the whole purpose of taking this flyer was to change your way of thinking and being? You can't possibly include what you've learned on your trip in your plans until your on your trip(s). Right? I know your the sort that wants to know, maybe roughly needs to know where their going to land befor they jump (?) Maybe that'll change.

please allow me to respectfully recomend making a ritual of your leaving (and returning assuming you choose to return). This is a right of passage for you.... you see that don't you? Maybe couch it in terms of a quest, a quest of discovery. By ritual I don't nesecarily mean fashon conscious people walking in circles. Go visit your clergy before you leave and ask for his blessing... If you want the fashion conscious walking in circles option though, I'll help.

Good luck. This will be good for you. This maybe hard for you. Do stop by.

what he said....

[judith-s.livejournal.com]

Don't think too much about what you'll do when you return. The only important bits are (1) what you want to do while you're gone, (2) a good mail drop while you're gone so someone takes care of any urgent/important stuff. (when Charles went to Europe he failed to do this, and when he came back they almost arrested him for ignored jury notices), (3) a place to crash after you get back (if you don't own a place at that point). We can help with #2 and 3, if you want.

When you get back, you can figure out where you want to be... after all, that's the point of going.

Enjoy... and if you feel like it, post travel journals, so those of us bound to locality can live vicariously through you.

What I want to do when I'm gone...and the FEAR.

[learnteach.livejournal.com]

The FEAR: (Freakin' Early Autonomy Reaction) is that I won't be able to find a decent job when I get back. Thus, that my desire to go see the world will lead me to a stressful no-money period...and I've spent a long time building up resources, and although I have wonderful friends, I need to figure out how to make it work if the jobs just aren't there, as they may not be. (But infrastructure and Sales can't be outsourced, in truth. )
What to do when I'm gone? See the US. Practice Aikido and SCA fighting. Dance, in Prague and Belgium (dance tour) and at Burning Man and... It's not my dream to be in Antarctica. Perhaps in Europe. Yeah, an SE/TME/(manager) for a local company working the international arena...(shiver).
Thanks for the comments!

Re: What I want to do when I'm gone...and the FEAR.

[korwyn.livejournal.com]

What will kill you is the lack of trying. I belive, and have pretty strong evidence to support, is that if youfocus on the bad stuff then it comes to pass, the good stuff will also come to pass (although never the way you expect) when you foucs on it.

So go, fight, tarvel, visit and then live some more.