What is Your Mission?
I've been staring at my January 1st question for some days now, going, "I really want to do this whole question-a-day thing, but THAT FIRST QUESTION IS TOO SCARY, RUN AWAY!"
So I decided to look at it in little steps, because I think right now I'm so swamped in little steps that the idea of a great-big-large mission obviously paralyzes me.
I want to survive until March, and somehow between now and March, I want to manage to wrestle my plane ticket from my employers (they owe it to me by contract), sign a contract for a new position, get my work VISA transferred to that new position, find an apartment to sign a lease for, sign the lease, move there, and get things like Internet set-up with some success, teach my students to give a presentation, have them GIVE the presentation, and maybe actually have time to go to the States at some point.
I think "survive" might be the key word in all of that.
I'm a little overwhelmed, lacking trust in my current employers, anxiously waiting for an email from my new ones that say they want to hire me, but will not know for sure until the end of this week, frustrated with the way Koreans do apartment-business (or any business at all), crossing my fingers that presentation and graduation goes well if I prepare the kids well enough without having the idea changed on us too late (which happens often enough), and incapable of making plans for the last just yet.
Anything beyond March, or even beyond "me" right now, is kind of too much to think about. Less than six weeks. That's both a blessing and a curse, isn't it?
So I decided to look at it in little steps, because I think right now I'm so swamped in little steps that the idea of a great-big-large mission obviously paralyzes me.
I want to survive until March, and somehow between now and March, I want to manage to wrestle my plane ticket from my employers (they owe it to me by contract), sign a contract for a new position, get my work VISA transferred to that new position, find an apartment to sign a lease for, sign the lease, move there, and get things like Internet set-up with some success, teach my students to give a presentation, have them GIVE the presentation, and maybe actually have time to go to the States at some point.
I think "survive" might be the key word in all of that.
I'm a little overwhelmed, lacking trust in my current employers, anxiously waiting for an email from my new ones that say they want to hire me, but will not know for sure until the end of this week, frustrated with the way Koreans do apartment-business (or any business at all), crossing my fingers that presentation and graduation goes well if I prepare the kids well enough without having the idea changed on us too late (which happens often enough), and incapable of making plans for the last just yet.
Anything beyond March, or even beyond "me" right now, is kind of too much to think about. Less than six weeks. That's both a blessing and a curse, isn't it?