Category Archives: Gap Year Fellows

When I think back to my graduation, five months feels like an eternity. How can it be that so much has happened in such a short time? I’m not sure exactly how I’ve changed, but I know that the experiences I’m getting now have a much different, and to me more significant, value in life.Continue reading “November: self & world views”

Happy new year! I feel as though I have felt a lot of emotions throughout my gap year. I’ve gotten really excited and happy but I’ve also felt really lost and lonely. My experience has been a series of unraveling layers of unknowns. Moving to a new state, starting a new job, making new friends.Continue reading “Staying Brave, Kind, and Strong”

My time in Portland has given me the opportunity to try many new things. For as long as I’ve known for myself, I’ve known that I am not a fan of going with the flow. I find comfort in structure and sticking to schedules. Because I’m living across the country, without my parents, for theContinue reading “My Experience with Transitions”

I feel as if I am progressing toward my goals at a successful rate. Tivnu keeps us pretty busy throughout the weeks with educational programming and internships, so I have plenty of opportunity to grow. I would say the most challenging thing I’ve faced (relating to my goals) is surrounding my internship. I started outContinue reading “Goal(s) Status!”

It’s weird to think that it was only six months ago when I walked across a portable stage on my high school football field. After 13 years of state-sanctioned formal education, a pandemic, and tons of planning for my future, it was all over. Back in May, all I could think about was how scaredContinue reading “Looking Back 6 Months.”

As most teenagers do, I’ve spent a lot of my time thinking and overthinking my past experiences/interactions. Did I say the right thing? Will they think of me differently because of something I said? Is the way I handled this situation correct? For me, all of these thoughts are automatic; there is no active thoughtContinue reading “Thinking Existentially vs. Retrospectively”

My days start early with my remote IT internship starting at seven in the morning. I wake up before work just to eat, walk my dog, and shower then I am straight on my computer. The morning starts off with a meeting between the IT team members regarding the tasks for the day and theContinue reading “My New Life”

My days start early with my remote IT internship starting at seven in the morning. I wake up before work just to eat, walk my dog, and shower then I am straight on my computer. The morning starts off with a meeting between the IT team members regarding the tasks for the day and theContinue reading “My New Life”

Happy December! I can’t believe I am already at the halfway mark of my gap year. It has been such an eye opening experience so far and I am excited to see what else I accomplish in these next 6 months. My main “Goal” during my gap year was finding what I was really interestedContinue reading “The Good & The Bad”

Hi November! Although graduating high school feels like yesterday, I do think my view of myself has changed, a lot. If we go back to June 2021 Ivy I had just graduated high school and moved to Florida soon after. I didn’t know a single person and I had no clue what I was goingContinue reading “Getting to Know Myself”