I guess it's been a minute. The reason I haven't updated has been a series of immensely stressful, physically and emotionally painful, life-changing, but ultimately- positive changes.
I'm single now.
I am actually considering staying longer in Korea, which I never thought possible.
I went to Mongolia.
I've been studying Korean and Spanish a lot more.
The school year is almost over.
I am going to the doctor on Friday for an endoscopy to examine a stomach pain that has persisted for over two months. Hopefully, it's nothing major. I am so so ready to not be sick anymore, the stress and illness have been tremendous burdens throughout my entire life in Korea.
I'm meeting new people and building the relationships with people I already knew.
I've gotten very close to someone who makes me feel excited to be alive again.
Who knows what the future holds. I'm experimenting with meditation and positive thinking.
I want to re-examine things I thought I didn't need in my life, like spirituality.
I don't see myself teaching EFL for much longer, but I do want to teach in some form because it's an outlet from the rat race.
The U.S. is exploding in civic activism lately due to the outrageous police impunity and brutal crackdown on peaceful protests. I want to go home and enact positive change, it's frustrating to be so far away. The memory of all the innocent black people like Mike Brown and Eric Garner will not be forgotten.
I'm both discouraged, surprised but not surprised, and emboldened to change, to get behind the momentum towards peace. Full and total peace.
