Ever wonder what happens after you quit your job, take a leap of faith and travel? I'm not sure what happens to everyone. Perhaps some get married, or open a fabulous business, write a travel-blog, become enlighten or even change the world. This is what is currently happening to me. I am back from a 7 month adventure in the Dominican Republic.
It all started in 2012. The new year started off with me dancing in one of my favorite wine bars wearing a sexy black dress. I was on top of the world. After the party was over I laid my head to sleep in my very cute 1st floor studio apartment. I was looking forward to returning to a great job in which I had great coworkers, great benefits and upward mobility. Single, sexy, and independent- the world was at my fingertips. So why would I leave all of this?
Well that’s how I write about it now. My real thoughts were that I was living in a huge studio and I felt alone, I didn’t have anyone to kiss during the ball drop, the dress was too tight and I hated my job and the events that were waiting for me to plan. Let's fast forward to February 2012- my younger sister gets engaged, my older sister gets preggers, my little brother gets married and my life continued to revolve around twitter. I took a long weekend and went to DR for my brother's wedding. Once I arrived to NY I decided to quit my job, leave my apartment and move to Dominican Republic to teach.
I spent 3 months in Santiago, DR where I stood with my grandparents and taught at the local university and 4 months in Santo Domingo where I taught at a private high school. This sums up a big part of my eat, pray, love experience. I also ate a lot of great food, I didn’t pray but I wrote on my journal and was able to tap into myself a little deeper were part of my journey. I also took dangerous public taxi's alone, jumped off a cliff at a river without knowing how to swim, went to some nice beaches, went to concerts and met many people. The bigger part of love experience was the love that grew between my family back home and me. But the blog is about my now and not a travel blog.
It has been 5 days into 2013 and while I am grateful for 2012 I also have to accept reality. I am jobless, sleeping with my mother, and overweight. So now what? Was this big risk worth it? What is my backup plan? What does life have planned for me? Well I’m going to blog about it.
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