Expanding Your Horizons

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Hi,  I’m Tess. Daughter of RD. I am 22 years old and up to a few years ago my story was very similar to many young people worldwide.

After graduating high school, I went straight to university and graduated in October 2015 with a double degree in Law and International Relations. I found my last year of university incredibly stressful trying to compete for a graduate position. When there were 1500 people with the same qualifications applying for 5 positions, it became very difficult to think about what differentiated me from those other brilliant young people.

I found myself wasting away days, weeks and months agonising over the prospects of having worked so hard yet still being unemployed. I realised that regardless of when I began working, I am most likely going to be working into my seventies. I stopped stressing about the future and began living in the moment. I packed my bags and headed overseas by myself.

Over 8 weeks I visited 16 countries and 28 cities across the globe. Some of this was by myself and some, to put my parent’s minds at ease, was through Topdeck Travel. (For any people under 40 reading this, I would definitely recommend their tours!)

January 2016, I headed for Vancouver, Canada to work for 9 months as an au pair. The idea was to work the 9 months, explore Canada and immerse myself in the culture. Well, April 2017 I am still here.

Moving to a new country was, of course, daunting and nerve wracking but I took this in my stride and focused on the opportunity that I had been given. In the last 14 months, I have worked as an au pair, as a deckhand on a commercial fishing vessel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And I now work in fumigation on grain ships !!!!

I have also honed my snowboarding, seen some of the amazing beauty of Canada and taken spontaneous weekend trips to concerts in places such as Nashville and Las Vegas. I am also currently undertaking my Practical Legal Training to get admitted to the Legal Profession sometime in the future.

The point of me writing this blog is that it is easy to get stuck in a 9-5 job that pays the bills and you are “doing life”. My question to you is: are you really living it? Expanding my horizons has been one of the most challenging but bravest things I have done. I miss my home and my family a lot but knowing I have their support has really helped and the experiences I have had are things that I would never have thought of if I went straight into working full time.

 

 

 

I challenge you to step out of your comfort zone. It may not be to move to the other side of the world, it may be trying a recreational sport that you’ve always wanted to, or volunteering at a facility or starting a new hobby.

 

It’s easy to become comfortable in our surroundings.

Don’t waste your life wishing you tried that sport or travelled overseas. We only get one chance at this so let’s give a damn good crack. – Tess.

 

 

 

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