Now that I've officially launched the blog and sent the announcement to practically every person I've known in my life, it occurs to me that some of you may need to catch up. The brief history: after graduating from Brandeis I lived in Somerville for a year, working 4 simultaneous part-time jobs. Feeling ready for a change, particularly from hellish winters, I moved to San Francisco in August 2005, after spending the summer working as the ever crucial Summer Picnic and Ice Cream Social coordinator at the Menorah Park Home for the Aged in Cleveland. In SF I worked at the Jewish Community Federation in the Young Adults Division, essentially event planning and fundraising, managing volunteers, programming, etc. I left that job at the end of last year, and now I am in India for 6 months. From the end of Jan till May, I'm volunteering with the Urban Design Research Institute (www.udri.org) in Mumbai, and then I'm traveling around through the end of July... or so the plan goes as of now. The volunteer gig is through the American Jewish World Service's Jewish Volunteer Corps.
Nearly 5 years ago when I spent a summer in Sri Lanka as an Ethics and Coexistence Student Fellow from Brandeis, I decided that at the age of 25 I wanted to live abroad again. Last summer, approaching my 25th birthday, I started having a quarter life crisis, and remembered this goal. So, here I am!
Friday, March 2, 2007
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You forgot to mention that you're the coolest.
You will be infinitely richer for the experience. When we look back on our lives in old age, at that time when we can't remember what happened a few minutes ago, we'll remember these fabulous sojourns of our youth.
I am not in India now because I went there on a field trip as a part of class. I hope you have an awesome time in Mumbai!
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