Choosing to move across the world was the first completely selfish decision I have ever made. It was the first time that I really didn’t…
Author: Maggie Jefferson
Yesterday was my last day teaching for the semester. Next week is finals followed by a week of relaxing in Phayakkaphum Phisai and then off to…
For the first time in my life I am finally experiencing this thing called FOMO that people have been talking about for years. FOMO…fear of missing out.…
100 days. I have been living in Thailand for 100 days. It feels like I have been here forever, but at the same time time…
The Foreign Language of “Kid”
I have been a teacher in Thailand for 8 weeks now and I honesty feel I have learned much more than I have taught. My best…
How I Got Out of My Comfort Zone and Found Myself in Thailand
For the last couple days I have been doing a lot of thinking about how I got here, how a girl that suffered her whole…
39 Monkeys Jumping on Teacher Tracy in Thailand
I have made it through my first two weeks of teaching and this will definitely go down for the record books. My first four…
A Simple Life, a Happy Life in Thailand
This week has been one crazy emotional roller coaster. Last Saturday I felt I had hit an ultimate low and today I feel like I…
Mai Pen Rai
Mai pen rai. It is probably the most common phrase used in Thailand. It roughly translates to “Don’t worry” or “It’s ok” or “Just accept…
Fear no more
I have been in Thailand for five days now and in these five days I have learned more about myself than in the past 32…