January 21, 2005
Greetings from New York
Yes, you read the title correctly - I am writing this posting from my parent's house in Brooklyn, New York. I surprised my parents by arriving at their home on the 20th of January, exactly 365 days after I left to begin my travels.
As many of you know, I began circulating my resume back in November as I felt I had really accomplished all of the goals I head set for myself over the course of this journey while I was in India. I was feeling a little aimless and bored about further travel and began to get an itch to get back to real life.
Well, after a few conversations and explorations of the internet, I found a brilliant opportunity to do business plan development for one of the national forests in northern California. This is like a dream job for me as it will allow me to explore the idea of living in California (something I have wanted to do since graduating from college); enable me to gain some knowledge and experience working in the environmental/ecological preservation sector - I new found passion of mine after spending so much time contemplating nature this past year; and come complete with housing in the forest - a beautiful and serene setting to transition from my life as a traveler to that of business consultant.
Over the course of December, I sent in my resume and supporting materials and underwent two telephone interviews. In early January I received an e-mail offering me the position.
Of course I accepted, and then began making my plans to get home to NY to exchange my backpack for a brief case, in order to arrive in Redding, California on January 31st for orientation.
The end of my travels, start of a new job, returning home - it is all quite exciting and a bit scary.
I opted to keep notes from the last few weeks of travel in a notebook as internet was expensive and inconvenient (besides, knowing I was coming home soon made me less than enthusiastic about spending extended time in front of a computer). I have a few entries that I still plan to write (on love, children and long bus rides), and will be happy to share with you so stay tuned.
In the meantime, know I have greatly appreciated your generous readership and encouragement.
Love and light,
Jyll
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