Being on the right path used to shape every decision in my life but with each passing day and year this has become less important.
I am ecstatically, yet at the same time a bit sadly, leaving my job in the healthcare industry working primarily for a prevention/wellness and disease management company where I am on a trajectory to long-term career growth and financial stability. As I veered from this course to accept my placement to join the Peace Corps, there wasn’t a moment of doubt. This isn’t to say that I am not having pangs of fear about what to bring, emotion about saying goodbye to family and friends, and general questioning about how I will adapt in my new home but there is no doubt about my path. I’m not exactly sure where it will lead (I guess no one ever is?) but I know this is the right way.
What I hope to put in motion during my time in the Peace Corps is to begin to understand (two years doesn’t even seem like enough time) another culture, the language, land, history, get to know a few people, and maybe along the way continue to gain a little more perspective about myself and my world view.
So, where will I be? I don't really know specifics yet (which has really been this entire Peace Corps process) but on January 28 I will be leaving to live and work in South Africa for a little over 2 years. Yes, this is a big change if that's what you're thinking for a Libra like me.
