An idea has been growing in the back of my mind like a little plant to go try my hand at teaching pretty much from the time I tried my hand at giving a tour on the history of Paris to a group of my former co workers. Ok fine, I only got to give a historical run down of one monument, but I'd like to say it was a damn good run down. Working in the environment of giving tours, is definitely very similar to being a teacher, only instead of giving tests and making a curriculum for a year's worth of studies, you're the four hour cliff note edition, condensing all of the important historical event spanning a few hundred years into four hours.
It wasn't until I was put in charge of the development of an artisan food store in Greenwich village NYC that I decided to make the commitment to pursue an adventure abroad in teaching. Not that I'm knocking developing a little business into something that could actually be profitable one day, but for me, continuing that life had about as much soul nutritional substance as the products I was pushing. (Just to clarify, that would be no nutrition, devoid of, lacking..)
I have loved every second I have spend in New York City, this place is a metropolitan sprawl just bursting at the seems with creativity and ingenuity, but I'm coming up blank when I try to picture a solid future in this city. It's so transient that I get the feeling a lot of people don't even think it a worthy attempt to actually invest, further than superficially, in actual human relations. I am constantly hungry in the city. Metaphorically and literally. It seems like no matter how much I consume I am still hungry for more: more of a purpose, more of a sense of self, more of a sense of belonging or community, and quite frankly, it's kind of exhausting.
And maybe it is just that I am addicted to travel. Maybe, I am just energized by moving and exhausted from staying still. Anyone who has ever traveled extensively knows what I am talking about. It's a drug that we inject in ourselves. It's a hit that starts skin deep and then seeps gradually into our veins and is carried deep into the recesses of our bodily cavities to our hearts, our minds and our souls.
With that commences the obligatory "this is what I'm doing and how cool I am" blog. Seoul Searching is really more of a way for me to remember what I do, and hopefully to entertain and inspire you in some way. Hopefully it achieves its purpose.
It wasn't until I was put in charge of the development of an artisan food store in Greenwich village NYC that I decided to make the commitment to pursue an adventure abroad in teaching. Not that I'm knocking developing a little business into something that could actually be profitable one day, but for me, continuing that life had about as much soul nutritional substance as the products I was pushing. (Just to clarify, that would be no nutrition, devoid of, lacking..)
I have loved every second I have spend in New York City, this place is a metropolitan sprawl just bursting at the seems with creativity and ingenuity, but I'm coming up blank when I try to picture a solid future in this city. It's so transient that I get the feeling a lot of people don't even think it a worthy attempt to actually invest, further than superficially, in actual human relations. I am constantly hungry in the city. Metaphorically and literally. It seems like no matter how much I consume I am still hungry for more: more of a purpose, more of a sense of self, more of a sense of belonging or community, and quite frankly, it's kind of exhausting.
And maybe it is just that I am addicted to travel. Maybe, I am just energized by moving and exhausted from staying still. Anyone who has ever traveled extensively knows what I am talking about. It's a drug that we inject in ourselves. It's a hit that starts skin deep and then seeps gradually into our veins and is carried deep into the recesses of our bodily cavities to our hearts, our minds and our souls.
With that commences the obligatory "this is what I'm doing and how cool I am" blog. Seoul Searching is really more of a way for me to remember what I do, and hopefully to entertain and inspire you in some way. Hopefully it achieves its purpose.
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