Five months down...
and four to go! I guess I could say that I'm on the way home now (even though I've got a short, three month stop in BC).
I'm really starting to miss things from home but I'm just trying to remember that I still have years to enjoy those things and only now to enjoy Katimavik. Sure, it drives me absolutely crazy at times but when I'm finished and can look back on the whole experience I know that it will have been worth it. I'll have seen Canada from three perspectives completely different from my own as a born and raised Bluenoser. I'll have connections to people all across the country, from east to west. I'll have tried three jobs that I never thought I would have been interested in. And I'll actually have an idea of what I want from my life.
The last would probably be the most important to me. I'm really starting to discover just how I want to live the next few years and I'm coming up with a plan - something I never had through high school. It isn't set in stone but it is something for me to strive for and something I'll be able to appreciate when everything is said and done.
I'm becoming excited about school again which is what has been lacking for me over the past few years. I want to read, write, listen and study. I want to learn.
I'm ready to make a difference. Maybe just for my province, maybe just for Canada, or maybe for the world. It won't be easy but I think we can all make a difference if we try hard enough. And no one can say that right now the world doesn't need a change.
Peace
-Zach
I'm really starting to miss things from home but I'm just trying to remember that I still have years to enjoy those things and only now to enjoy Katimavik. Sure, it drives me absolutely crazy at times but when I'm finished and can look back on the whole experience I know that it will have been worth it. I'll have seen Canada from three perspectives completely different from my own as a born and raised Bluenoser. I'll have connections to people all across the country, from east to west. I'll have tried three jobs that I never thought I would have been interested in. And I'll actually have an idea of what I want from my life.
The last would probably be the most important to me. I'm really starting to discover just how I want to live the next few years and I'm coming up with a plan - something I never had through high school. It isn't set in stone but it is something for me to strive for and something I'll be able to appreciate when everything is said and done.
I'm becoming excited about school again which is what has been lacking for me over the past few years. I want to read, write, listen and study. I want to learn.
I'm ready to make a difference. Maybe just for my province, maybe just for Canada, or maybe for the world. It won't be easy but I think we can all make a difference if we try hard enough. And no one can say that right now the world doesn't need a change.
Peace
-Zach