Saturday, June 11, 2011

Intro To My Endeavors

To give everyone a short briefing on what my plans and circumstances are I'll share a little about myself. I have been to Australia twice now, once when I was 15 through People to People Student Ambassador's Program where I visited New Zealand for 1 week and Australia 2 weeks. I immediately fell in love with Australia it felt like I was at home for the first time. I made it a goal of mine to go back so the summer of 2009 I studied abroad in Australia through Study Australia. I had the time of my life and traveled all over Australia and left with amazing new friendships. Fast forwarding up to today I have now recently graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor's of Business Administration degree. Upon graduating I found myself stuck not knowing what I wanted to do with my life, and at this same time my friend Angela was talking to me about traveling and working in Australia for a year and wanted me to come with her. At first it was just wishful thinking, but then I started to really think about it and couldn't see any reason not to go. I believe now for me at least that this is my golden opportunity and I wouldn't miss it for the world. 

I'm excited to go back to Australia again, the third time should be a charm! However, this time I'm on my own and with that comes pros and cons. I'm finally free to go wherever I want and free to do whatever since this time I have no program to follow, but on the contrary I also won't have anything set up for me when I arrive and won't have everything handed to me with an itinerary. So I have created this blog to share and document my journey along the way in hopes that it may be of some help to others looking to work and travel in Australia.