After I finished
college at 22, I had no job lined up because my plan had fallen through, so I
moved home while I was job hunting.
A few months
before I turned 23, I moved to South Korea to teach English while working on an
MA in English online.
I fell in love
with teaching, but the stress of work, school, and living in a foreign country
was taking a toll.
To devote more
time to my school work and sincerely developing my thesis to complete my
program, I moved home again at 24.
The plan was to
finish my MA in about 3 months, and get a job before 2016 ended.
Despite numerous
applications and interviews, nothing was coming through. So I decided to apply
to return to Korea.
I knew that doing
so was signing on to remain at home for a full year again, but I didn’t see
another option.
Luckily, I got
the job and I leave again exactly one week from today, but I’ve spent the last
year living back at home as an adult after a year of living entirely
independently in a studio apartment in South Korea.
I learned a lot
about life and me while fending for myself in Korea, and moving back home was
jarring to say the least.
Here’s a look at
what I learned about dealing with that jarring transition of being home with
family again.
