So, I had a blog a few years ago that I was obsessed with...but then my free time became less and I sort-of neglected it. However, my free time is opening back up and my life is a bit more exciting now - so I thought, hey why not start blogging again? And thus, Back To Blogging...
I feel like I need to give a little intro as to where I am in my life before I really get into all the awesome stories I want to share. I graduated from Bentley almost 2 years ago (ew, really?!) and I joined the work force known as corporate America. I worked for an online advertising agency for 1 year and 3 months. The work itself was fine - but at the end of the day, it just wasn't for me. So what did I do? I moved to Florence, Italy!! WOO!!
Yup, I am currently living in Florence. I studied abroad here Spring 2007 and never really got the AMAZING experience I had out of my head...so finally after a year or so of debating if I should come back or not I finally said "what the hell! I'm 24 years old...I'm single and I don't have a family...and either way this is a life experience that I will regret more if I don't do it than if I do". So, I came out here in September and I am living with a family and working as an Au Pair.
I would totally be lying to you right now if I said I knew exactly what it is that I'm trying to get out of this experience. Sure, I'd like to get a job...meet lots of interesting people from all over the world...work on my Italian...all of the obvious things someone would expect to achieve living abroad. Maybe I just needed a break from everything and everyone to figure myself out. Maybe I just really needed to live life for a bit. Maybe I need to get this Italy craze out of my system before I could go back to a "normal" life. Or maybe the reason has yet to reveal itself. Either way, I am currently happy with my decision and I trust that in the long run I will look back and say "that was really cool!"
Well, I think I will leave things on that introductory note. I suppose even if nobody ends up ever seeing this it will not be a completely lost cause because I will be documenting my experience here.
A dopo :)
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As an adult middle-aged woman who totally "missed out" on experiencing anything interesting or exciting in my younger years (in the sense of never having the courage or the "smarts"), I say GO FOR IT and enjoy every moment. While you are young, why not really LIVE, really EXPERIENCE life. Many of us look back and ask ourselves why we jumped into our years of responsibility to others so soon. Carpe diem... take full advantage of the opportunity that either presents itself to you, or that you actually make for yourself. I think that you are wise and that you will not regret doing this, but will look back upon your experience as living an interesting life, a life outside of the proverbial "box" that others (like me) lock themselves into when they are too young. GO FOR IT.
ReplyDeletethank you christine!!!! GO FOR IT is right :)
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