In four weeks time, my job here in Chiang Mai will come to an end. In seven weeks time, I will be off on another adventure of re-establishing my life as a writer and a collector of stories and visions. Curiosity has gotten me this far. Let's see where it takes me now.
I have tried on this life as a teacher at an elementary school here in Chiang Mai, and after a year and a half, it's time to go in a new direction. I can't express how much I have learned from this experience--the people I've worked with and the kids I've taught. They have all brought a value into my life that cannot be replaced, that I could not have discovered in any other way.
At the end of each day, I sit with myself and my feelings, and I ask: do I feel good about what I am doing? Are my core values being met? Is my inner world expanding? And as this school year has worn on, the answers to these questions have been a resounding no. I can no longer sink back and disappear into a system I don't align with, that doesn't bring out the best in me. I can no longer deny myself the freedom and serenity I can find by moving in a different direction.
I plan to return to Chiang Mai after burning season where I will spend the summer continuing to grow as a writer, a yoga instructor, and Tarot reader. I will revisit practices that I've abandoned since falling into my ever too busy life here in Chiang Mai.
Above all, this feels right. Not questioning this intuitive knowing that I need to step toward expansion. Of my options at this point, this is the one that lights me up, this is the one that I can wholeheartedly embrace and say, this is me.
At the end of each day, do you check in with yourself and ask how you feel? Do you ask if your core values are being met or in what ways your inner world is expanding? Experiment with me! Start checking in with yourself at the end of each day and let me know what you learn.
I have tried on this life as a teacher at an elementary school here in Chiang Mai, and after a year and a half, it's time to go in a new direction. I can't express how much I have learned from this experience--the people I've worked with and the kids I've taught. They have all brought a value into my life that cannot be replaced, that I could not have discovered in any other way.
At the end of each day, I sit with myself and my feelings, and I ask: do I feel good about what I am doing? Are my core values being met? Is my inner world expanding? And as this school year has worn on, the answers to these questions have been a resounding no. I can no longer sink back and disappear into a system I don't align with, that doesn't bring out the best in me. I can no longer deny myself the freedom and serenity I can find by moving in a different direction.
I plan to return to Chiang Mai after burning season where I will spend the summer continuing to grow as a writer, a yoga instructor, and Tarot reader. I will revisit practices that I've abandoned since falling into my ever too busy life here in Chiang Mai.
Above all, this feels right. Not questioning this intuitive knowing that I need to step toward expansion. Of my options at this point, this is the one that lights me up, this is the one that I can wholeheartedly embrace and say, this is me.
At the end of each day, do you check in with yourself and ask how you feel? Do you ask if your core values are being met or in what ways your inner world is expanding? Experiment with me! Start checking in with yourself at the end of each day and let me know what you learn.
