Category Archives: Gap Year Fellows

Hello! This question took me a while to think about as I truly have adjusted quite easily. So that’s my answer. I never thought I would have adjusted as well as I have. Living with my family especially has made it an experience that I can truly enjoy, as I don’t have the stress ofContinue reading “Appreciating my Individual Journey”

Hi again! Happy September! So far I have been very fortunate to experience such a great gap year thus far. I love everything that I am involving myself in, as well as the people I have surrounded myself with. I currently work at a boutique with 5 awesome women and we have truly created aContinue reading “Overcoming Challenges”

How has your view of yourself changed? how has your worldview changed? Hello all, With November being over, I am about a third of the way through my Gap year, and (unfortunately) approaching the end of my first experience; I will be returning home mid December. At this point I have been out of highContinue reading “November Blog: Self Reflection”

I feel that I am doing a good job progressing towards my goals. Almost every day of every week, I use my time to work with the two companies. However, I am still working out how to find a balance between the two. My main focus going into this year was to gain valuable businessContinue reading “Update On My Goals”

Its been about 5-6 months since I graduated and honestly the time has flown by. If I had to compare myself from before and after, I wouldn’t say much has changed. I have learned, I have grown, and I have more experience than before. With that being said, I am still the same person IContinue reading “Graduation vs. Now”

In starting my gap year, I had clearly defined goals that I believed would keep me motivated throughout the year. While some of these have remained in tact, I’ve reevaluated the purpose of this gap year to more closely align to my passions. I’ve continued to pursue learning Spanish, but not in the way IContinue reading “Reevaluating My Goals”

The alarm clock rings at 7:30am and it’s time to go to the gym. I’ll usually end up at the gym around 10 after hitting snooze on my alarm clock too many times. I wave to the personal trainers I’ve seen every day over the past few months and start my workout. After walking (orContinue reading “A Day in My Life”

When I graduated high school, I was six months younger, my hair was five inches shorter, it was about 30 degrees warmer outside, and Taylor Swift hadn’t rerecorded “Red” yet. Thinking about these big picture items, it feels like the world has moved on without me. My friends from high school are almost done withContinue reading “Who was I in High School?”

The most surprising thing about my GAP year experience is how things ended up falling into place, but not how I expected them to. For example, my original plan was to complete an internship under a dietitian so I could learn more about the human body in terms of food science. Instead, I became theContinue reading “Humbled through flexibility”