In this last article of the series on why a person should travel we’ll talk about how travel makes you grow as a person. That is what this entire website is dedicated to after all!
In this website I’ve shared a lot of the ways I’ve grown as a person and a lot of the lessons [...]
Archive for March, 2010
My friend Candice once said to me on a bus in China that the greatest thing about travelling is that it opened the whole world to her.
Before you live in another country your ideas about what’s possible in your life are really limited what you’ve learned and experienced in your home country.
There’s a mentality that [...]
What were we taught in school?
In school we are supposed to be taught the skills and knowledge necessary to help us make it through life, but is this really the case? I’ve talked about it with other travelers and the consensus we reached is that the majority of the information we learn in school is [...]
Do you know the world you live in?
We live in the most interesting time in human history. The world is smaller than it has ever been, we’re blessed with opportunities to travel vast distances and experience other countries with ease and affordability. With all these amazing opportunities and blessings, it would be a waste to [...]
1 bad day
Imagine a life where you live 100 years of perfection. Every day is joyful, peaceful and fulfilling. But amidst these 100 years of perfect days there is a single bad day in the middle. Every day before this day is perfect, and every day after it is perfect, but this one day is [...]
The following is a long detailed list of practical tips and advice about finding a job teaching English as a second language (esl) in China. I’m currently working as an English teacher in China and have been for 6 months. The following list is comprised of things I learned from my personal experience and from [...]
To teach or not to teach
If you’ve ever considered moving to another country, a popular choice to make money while your there is to become an English teacher. I’ve been teaching English in China for around 6 months now, and I can tell you there are definitely a lot of good things about living and [...]






































