Between wanting to stay in one place and feeling settled and wanting to travel and do new exciting projects!
I want both lives. I want to be able to run projects all over the world with different communities and cultures and people. But I also want to be able to earn enough money to pay off my student debts and come home to my puppy and a consistent home every night.
Is it possible to do both of these things?
This whole Itchy Feet thing started when my brother came home for his Rayleigh expedition. He's been trekking, installing water pipes and saving baby turtles. His excitement and enthusiasm for telling me about his time in Costa Rica has made me remember how excited and full of plans and ideas I was after my first visit to Togo. It's reminded me and stirred something up inside of me... I want to do more.
Yes I need to think about money and my career plans for the next 10 years. But surely I also have to start thinking about the kind of Career that will be. I don't want to be a teacher in schools for the rest of my life, or manage other people who don't want to be either. I want to freelance and run projects when and if they come about, when they are needed by those communities. But I also want to be able to go to the UK without receiving statements for overdrafts and credit cards.
Any ideas on how to proceed would be most welcome... And are actually very much needed... I can't make decisions or rely on my own itchy feet feelings. I need sensible advice.
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