Acting On An Epiphany - Help Me Achieve My Dream Life

Elle Eckert Start Date: Jan 29, 2022 - End Date: May 28, 2022
  • South Korea

My Travel Story

by: Elle Eckert Start Date: Jan 29, 2022 - End Date: May 28, 2022
I started college right out of high school, when I legitimately still had no idea what I wanted to do, who I wanted to be, the life I wanted to live, etc. I spent my whole life up until now just doing as I was told by my parents, never free to be my own person or make my own decisions. But when I suddenly moved across state to attend college, I learned a whole new meaning of freedom and doing things for yourself, not trying to please anyone else. And I hope someone out there can understand this feeling/situation - but in the matter of probably 2 hours one night, I had an entire life epiphany and reality came crashing down on me. In those two hours I decided I wanted to start from scratch and take my life into my own hands by moving abroad and getting a career in my field of interest (graphic design).
As you may be thinking however, that's a really big decision to make so suddenly, and there's so much I would be leaving behind that I needed to consider. However, it's been about half a year since I had this epiphany and it still feels like the only thing I'm sure of and passionate about in my life right now. And so comes the part where I explain the point of this campaign:
After doing a lot of research, South Korea is the ideal country I want to move to and although I'm not neccessarily scared to make that impulse move, I'm worried I don't fully understand what it would be like to work/live there, and that it overall may just not be the right place for me. So as soon as I went back to school after that night, I looked into study abroad oppurtunities in South Korea, because I think that's the missing link that will show me what it's like to live and study there and finally give me thefinal push of confidence I need to move.
But then, like a dream or by using up every once I've got, the chance of a lifetime came up. My school is starting back up a summer study abroad oppurtunity actually led by a professor of mine, who is a Korean native and who has a prominent standing in the art/design community there. Not only that, but he offered to extend his connections to students going on the trip for job oppurtunities. So not only would I be getting a feel of what it's like to live in South Korea, but I'll be learning about their art and culture and could possibly even secure a job which would make the permanent moving process 100 times easier.
Hence what brings me here. I'm barely making it through college debt-free, let alone being able to afford this trip. So I am humbly (and desperately) asking for the help of you, dear strangers.
  • South Korea