So here I am in the Winnipeg Airport waiting for my flight to Toronto, and everything just seems surreal. I just had my last weekend in the Peg, and it was a great one. It’s amazing how situations like these remind you of the great family and friends one has and how much they mean to you. Makes it so much harder to leave but at the same time I’m always just an email or skype call away, and I know I’ll have visitors wherever I end up.
Just to provide a quick recap for anyone who isn’t completely aware of my situation...I have resigned from my accounting job to pursue my dreams of travelling the world. I like to think that I’m not trying to “escape” from anything here in Winnipeg. I have the best family a guy could ask for, and some top notch friends. I didn’t mind my job, and the people I worked with were second to none (they’re reading this blog so I had to say that….just kidding!) In short, I am and have always been a happy guy (at least once I’ve had my coffee). It was more an issue of me needing to break out of my routine, whatever that cliché means, and add some new spice to my life. I figure I’m fortunate to be in a position where it is even possible or responsible to take on an adventure of this magnitude, so if I really want to do it in this lifetime, I had better get at it, while I still have the relative freedom that is inherent for a late-20-something-guy like me with no family and a little money saved up.
But in doing all this, I still wasn’t able to completely throw caution to the wind (I am/was an accountant afterall), and I do have a couple very strong opportunities to get into some international development work. I will just continue to wait patiently (ie. Travel the world and have a blast) until they find me a placement.
In the meantime, I’ll be heading off to Germany on Wednesday for a couple weeks. Then I’m off to Japan, via a one-way ticket from Toronto, and I have no set itinerary after that.
The adventure begins….
Just to provide a quick recap for anyone who isn’t completely aware of my situation...I have resigned from my accounting job to pursue my dreams of travelling the world. I like to think that I’m not trying to “escape” from anything here in Winnipeg. I have the best family a guy could ask for, and some top notch friends. I didn’t mind my job, and the people I worked with were second to none (they’re reading this blog so I had to say that….just kidding!) In short, I am and have always been a happy guy (at least once I’ve had my coffee). It was more an issue of me needing to break out of my routine, whatever that cliché means, and add some new spice to my life. I figure I’m fortunate to be in a position where it is even possible or responsible to take on an adventure of this magnitude, so if I really want to do it in this lifetime, I had better get at it, while I still have the relative freedom that is inherent for a late-20-something-guy like me with no family and a little money saved up.
But in doing all this, I still wasn’t able to completely throw caution to the wind (I am/was an accountant afterall), and I do have a couple very strong opportunities to get into some international development work. I will just continue to wait patiently (ie. Travel the world and have a blast) until they find me a placement.
In the meantime, I’ll be heading off to Germany on Wednesday for a couple weeks. Then I’m off to Japan, via a one-way ticket from Toronto, and I have no set itinerary after that.
The adventure begins….
