What Happens in Vegas

I have many friends who recently graduated and have taken jobs, internships and opportunities far from home. I, on the other hand, recently accepted a job working in a kindergarten classroom as an assistant at a private school in my Louisiana hometown, Shreveport.

I have to be honest, though: I’ve been struggling lately with wondering if it was the right decision.

Not because I don’t think I’ll like what I’ll be doing. Not because it’s one of the best schools in this area. Not because the people who work here seem to be professional, helpful and wonderful people whom I can’t wait to work with. No, it’s none of those things.

Really, it’s because I’m afraid of getting stuck.

Career, Life, TravelKaitlyn BundrickJuly 16, 2015FeaturedComment

Preparing for Your Gap Year

This is it. You’re done with school. Now is the perfect opportunity to get the wild hairs out of your system before you get settled into a typical "adult" routine.

There are a lot of outlets for young people to gain real-world experience in non-traditional ways after college, like teaching abroad, becoming an au pair, or volunteering across the world.

I took the teach abroad route for my first post-grad adventure, and you don’t have to have any teaching experience to be accepted. You generally only need a four-year degree from an accredited university and speak English as your native language.

Travel, Graduation, CareerAnnalise KrausJuly 1, 2015Comment

Rainy Day Revelations

With the new Mumford and Sons album streaming through my ears (and still desperately wishing everyone was as passionate about this album as I am), I meandered through tree-shaded London streets, alone with my wandering thoughts in a city of seven million.

I returned to sit beneath a tree – my tree – on Primrose Hill, the city unchanged before me as the spring breeze carried shadows across the blooming city.

One year before, I had sat beneath this very same tree, the same skyline set within my eye line, wearily contemplating my “what’s next” after I returned home to the prospects of life post-graduation. Yet here I was - an entire year between that moment and this one - just as in the dark about what I’m doing with my life as I was then.

Life, Career, Dreams, TravelAlly WillisJune 14, 2015Featured, ArchiveComment

If Not Now, When?

Yesterday I booked a flight to Dublin. This whole backpacking thing was turning into such a theory; I seriously needed to stop talking about it and just do it already. I found a bitchin’ round trip deal that will allow me three full weeks in Europe towards the end of the summer. For the most part, I will be alone. My mom does not know about any of this yet.

Life, TravelLane SasserJune 11, 2015Featured, ArchiveComment

Making the Most of Detours: 7 Realizations from Post-Grad Travel

Something very important that has taken me almost two years out of college to start accepting is that sometimes, you can do everything perfectly right and still feel like you got the shaft with no good explanation. I can’t tell you how tough it was for me to see people who barely showed up to class in college get a career handed to them upon flipping their tassel. However, the hardest was seeing your friends get settled into their next step, because as much as you want to be envious, you can’t. Because deep down, you want your loved ones to succeed, even if it means being left behind.

TravelAnnalise KrausJanuary 28, 2015Comment

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