Happy New Year, It's been a great year 2013!
Happy New Year! 2013 has come and gone and we are now off to a brand new start to a great new year full of adventures and mysteries. As this last year came to an end I will reflect how 2013 has changed me into the person I am today. I spent the entire year of 2013 in South Korea going on adventures, teaching, and growing into an independent adult.
I have been so blessed this last year in so many ways. I keep telling everyone that I feel like I am just on a two year vacation until I come home but it has been these past years that have really defined who I am and who I want to be in the future. You get this sense of accomplishment living overseas. If I can live on my own, maneuver through a country with a different culture and language then I can do anything. Seriously, I am living the dream right now and I am so thankful for this opportunity to be here.
Korea is tough sometimes, it's not home and it will never be like home but it is has been a breath of fresh air. Getting out of the rut of the everyday grind of life and coming to a new exciting place has been nice. Living in America I would always see what I wanted to see. I was ready to leave and was not content on staying there. I wanted to see the world, I knew that any place would be better then there. But the saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side. Being here, I have realized how blessed it is to be an American citizen to be able to have this opportunity to be an English teacher in another country and being able to go back to America to live my life. I will try and not take things for granted like I have before. So as I continue these next few months in Korea, I am not going to look to what I once had or will have in America but will look at what I have had and will have in Korea. I am going to enjoy my last months and take in as much as I can while I am here. I have been so blessed living here and cannot believe that I will be starting my last semester at school soon. But I also look forward to the day I get to go home and start my next adventure in America.
So as your time is coming to an end in Korea what is your plan for the future, Justine (you may ask)? Well, the funny thing is that I am not pursuing teaching, missions, or anything that I thought I would pursue when I first came here in 2012. I have been thinking about my next adventure in life and what it is that I am passionate about and enjoy and it was always the same answer, crafting. I love to craft, I have had the opportunity to craft up a storm here in Korea and it has been some of my favorite moments. So, as I start to think about what I want to pursue as my next step of life I am going to look into party planning. One day, I would like to start my own ministry through crafting but until then I will just continue to craft and see where it takes me.
2014 has a lot more in store for me and I am excited to see where it takes me.
I have been so blessed this last year in so many ways. I keep telling everyone that I feel like I am just on a two year vacation until I come home but it has been these past years that have really defined who I am and who I want to be in the future. You get this sense of accomplishment living overseas. If I can live on my own, maneuver through a country with a different culture and language then I can do anything. Seriously, I am living the dream right now and I am so thankful for this opportunity to be here.
Korea is tough sometimes, it's not home and it will never be like home but it is has been a breath of fresh air. Getting out of the rut of the everyday grind of life and coming to a new exciting place has been nice. Living in America I would always see what I wanted to see. I was ready to leave and was not content on staying there. I wanted to see the world, I knew that any place would be better then there. But the saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side. Being here, I have realized how blessed it is to be an American citizen to be able to have this opportunity to be an English teacher in another country and being able to go back to America to live my life. I will try and not take things for granted like I have before. So as I continue these next few months in Korea, I am not going to look to what I once had or will have in America but will look at what I have had and will have in Korea. I am going to enjoy my last months and take in as much as I can while I am here. I have been so blessed living here and cannot believe that I will be starting my last semester at school soon. But I also look forward to the day I get to go home and start my next adventure in America.
So as your time is coming to an end in Korea what is your plan for the future, Justine (you may ask)? Well, the funny thing is that I am not pursuing teaching, missions, or anything that I thought I would pursue when I first came here in 2012. I have been thinking about my next adventure in life and what it is that I am passionate about and enjoy and it was always the same answer, crafting. I love to craft, I have had the opportunity to craft up a storm here in Korea and it has been some of my favorite moments. So, as I start to think about what I want to pursue as my next step of life I am going to look into party planning. One day, I would like to start my own ministry through crafting but until then I will just continue to craft and see where it takes me.
2014 has a lot more in store for me and I am excited to see where it takes me.
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