Last week I stepped onto U.S. soil for the first time in a year, and I admit that I’m experiencing a classic case of reverse culture shock. For the first few days I felt a pang of worry before drinking tap water, and was reluctant to throw toilet paper into the bowl. I wondered at [...][...]
Posts Tagged ‘GirlSportWorks’
The Well-Planned Life or The Summoned Self?
I recently read in the New York Times an article that helped articulate the confusion I’ve been feeling lately regarding “the next step” once my job in Peru is over. The op-ed piece by David Brooks is entitled The Summoned Self, and outlines two ways of thinking about life. The first is the We[...]
Transferring Your Organization to New Hands
The two new Program Managers (PMs) of GirlSportWorks arrive in just a handful of days, and we will have two weeks of orientation before we pass on the program from our management to theirs. Preparation for their arrival, however, has already been in progress for a number of weeks. Below are a few ti[...]
July 6th, 2010 - 10:11 am § in Uncategorized
Nostalgia for Home, Manifested as Strange Cravings
These twelve months are the longest I have ever gone without setting foot on American soil, and life abroad couldn’t be better. Few things give me greater pleasure than buying fresh-squeezed juice in the market, it’s easy to stay connected with family via Skype, and even the wild, lane-less Cusq[...]
Organizing Fundraisers at Home and Abroad
Since September, my co-worker Lauren and I have been holding weekly fundraising events here in Cusco, and with just a month and a half left we’re also gearing up for events to be held back in the States. Here is a brief I outline of our fundraising endeavors from abroad and at home: I. Fundraisers[...]
Happiness is: New Experiences and Unpredictability in a Foreign Country
“Maybe we mistakenly think we want ‘happiness’, which we tend to picture in very vague, soft-focus terms, when what we really crave is the harder-edged intensity of experience.” I read this in a New York Times article two days before leaving the States for my yearlong stint in Cusco. Nine mo[...]
