Paid Teaching Program in Thailand with TravelBud

Ever since I started reading travel literature and hearing of my friends' experiences living abroad, I wanted to do it myself. It took years to establish a degree of financial stability and self-confidence, but circumstances coalesced in a way that created a window of opportunity for me to go abroad. I felt that I may never have the opportunity again, so I made the decision to just go for it. I had gotten to a point in my life where I achieved a state of financial security and overall stability, but it just felt stagnant. I had a yearning for adventure, and so I decided to follow my gut, resign from my job and pursue traveling abroad.

After graduation, I really thought it was a now-or-never time to make a decision to move abroad and explore different opportunities while I had no commitments back home. I really wanted to experience living in a culture that is different from mine, get some valuable work experience, and see the world.

My inspiration to go abroad came from a multitude of factors. My primary drive for this experience, though, comes from my never-ending wanderlust that has pervaded my life since I was turned loose on the streets of New Orleans at the age of 14 by my parents during a business trip. The freedom of wandering the street, in a new place and the feeling of pure discovery is something which I live for. I have a strong love for cultural differences; it is something that has fascinated me at every turn of life. I believe an understanding of these differences is the best way to develop oneself and because of this I felt like going abroad and living in another culture was the best way to go about pursuing this passion. Through changing the lives of children, to exploring something completely foreign and unknown to myself, I feel like I can grow as a person.