Uganda One Year Later Part II: Dealing With Reverse Culture Shock, Finding Sustainable Activism
Is my career important? What do perfect little neighborhoods look like? What am I doing with my life? These were the kinds of questions that I was running over in my head last February as I sat on a 24-hour flight back to Pennsylvania. I had just spent three weeks in Uganda with 21 amazing women on a Global Seva Challenge with Off the Mat, and I simply could not fathom returning to my “regular” life. Surprisingly my regular life elicited some initial feelings of relief after the day-long journey: I cried from immense gratitude that I lived in a [...]
Uganda One Year Later Part I: Making Changes
As Off the Mat’s Seva trip to South Africa came to a close in February, I found myself reflecting on the year since I’ve returned from my own trip with OTM. Before leaving for Uganda in February of last year, I was unhappy with my life in New York. I was inspired by my Seva Challenge fundraising, and my new involvement with Off the Mat, but the rest of my life was not what I wanted it to be. I was sick of the city but felt stuck. I was unhappy with my teaching life and neighborhood but I couldn’t [...]
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