I got to Costa Rica yesterday after what I’m going to call a red-eye flight. I bought a red-eye plane ticket to Costa Rica for the same reason I just bought a pink camera – it was $30 cheaper. This is my version of instant gratification. Choosing the immediate satisfaction of saving $30 without considering for a second the havoc that that decision will wreak upon my mental well-being in the future. Now I’m just sleep-deprived and I own a pink camera.
The goal is to use that camera and this blog to keep you posted on this journey. I’m here in San Jose for a month to get my TEFL certificate so I can teach English as a second language. Once I get it, the goal is to find a job, here or elsewhere, where I can put it to good use.
Goals for this year:
1) Become a better photographer (I also have a non-pink camera that I’m going to attempt to take real photos with) – I’ll consider all of you my judges and some of you my coaches.
2) Be a good teacher, and become involved outside of the classroom too
3) Make an effort to learn the language (better) wherever I end up
4) Motorbike
5) Climb a volcano
6) Swing in a canopy
7) Spend as much time in the rain forest as possible. Period.
