Clarity

So, here I am. Six months have passed. This is the longest time I have ever been out of the US. In fact, the longest time prior to now was in college when I studied abroad for 3.5 months. With that said, being away this has already and in continuing to affect me in a number of ways.

When I set out for Korea, I not only intended to explore a foreign culture, scratch my travel itch, and to experience a new rhythm of life, but I also wanted to put myself in a completely new context and in doing so be able to use that stark contrast to gain clarity on many different aspects of my life.

Suffice to say, SoKo has been helping me gain clarity in countless personal and professional ways. If you want to hear some specifics on either of those topics, I'd enjoy sharing them with you individually.

Anyway, over the past two months, I haven't blogged too much. I think as I mentioned before, mostly it's due to the fact that much of SoKo's novelty has worn off, thus I don't feel the need to write about the day-to-day mundane aspects in a public forum, but I also think it's because I've just been very much in my head about a lot of different topics. Again, let's chat individually if you are interested.

I don't know what I'm trying to say here.

Maybe it's that here at six months in I feel as though I've gotten most of the clarity for which I was searching. So, while it feels good to be at this point, it also feels like I've now achieved the goal of being here. I guess that means I need a new one. Or at the very least, I need to become comfortable in existing (if only for the next few months) without a "big life goal" looming overhead. I like having purpose in everything I do, so this'll be hard, but maybe another important lesson to learn.