Moving? New job? Goals?

I am leaving my school and this city.

Everyone should have guessed that by now. Right? ?

I can’t live here with everything that has happened.

To make it better for me, my school found out that it is now under EPIK instead of GEPIK. This means I have to leave anyways as they are getting a new teacher designated to them. I wish the new teacher luck and hopefully, they will get a male teacher. I wouldn’t want another female to move in here and that kid pops up.

I am also leaving the public school system. For now at least. I have been feeling stuck because it is all so repetitive and not challenging at all. This school really made me want to leave Korea multiple times. From the way, the staff was to the students. Heck, I still have a scar that is fading from my first week. I also had too much downtime and was alone most of the time. 

This means I am going to the private school sector aka 학원 (hagwon) for my next job. Gave up my normal amount of vacation days for half the amount. but hey, I will be waaaayyy closer to Seoul. Finally~! ?Only took me almost 4 years, so it is an even trade for me. ? Plus, having that many days off bothers me after a while anyway and I will rather be at work.

Will also work with other foreigners. Which will be completely new for me. I am used to being the only person that speaks English with co-teachers that rarely understand anything I say. Besides my last co-teacher who is still the best ever. ?

I will be able able to plan things better hopefully after starting my new job too.

I also want to start back working out. I gained a good 15~18 pounds since I moved here this year. Lost some weight then gained it back plus an extra 10ish. ? I know why though. I wasn’t able to move around as much as I did before. I would knock out a good 45~60 minutes of exercise a day even if it was just walking. Here…not so much. At first, I was fine then slowly I just didn’t feel right. Barely moved around at school it seems on top of it. I also rarely left my place besides for work. And…I wasn’t eating as well as I used to. Especially after they took my extra burner. ?

So, my goal is to at least get rid of what I gained while being here. After that, I want to work on getting the rest down. Time to get super serious.

I just hope my new workplace is a great one. Speaking to the owner and a soon-to-be co-worker makes me think I will enjoy it.

So yeah, I will be moving in like 2 months. Craziness.

Edit from 2023 me: Little did I know, my life was actually going to get worse.