Welcome to the Joy-Full Journey

이 글의 한국어 번역을 보시려면 여기를 클릭해주세요 . Would you look at the time? I’m way late for posting a blog update! Sorry about that ><. If you are just joining us, welcome to the Joyful Journey. My name is Joy, and I used to be an office worker, but a year and a half ago I quit my corporate job to be an English teacher in South Korea. This blog follows my life as I navigate teaching at two all-boys middle schools, traveling to other countries, and adapting to life as an immigrant worker in K

한국어 번역을 보시려면 여기를 선택하세요. In Korea they practice something called ppali ppali culture. Ppali ppali means ‘fast, fast’. This means that Korea prioritizes things moving quickly and efficiently. From trains being on time to your food delivery taking less than the time it would take to order in the US -- Korea likes to move fast. To this day I am still blown away by how quickly businesses are built up out of nowhere and just as quickly get torn down. Fashion trends rip through the

이 블로그의 한국어 번역은 여기를 클릭하세요. We call this time of year the dog days of summer. Characterized by sweltering hot days that seem to drag by and...

한국어 번역을 원하시면 여기를 선택하세요. Hello and welcome back to The Joyful Journey. If you are just joining us now, it’s nice to have you! I’m Joy and...

한국어 번역을 위해 여기를 선택하세요 Welcome back to the Joyful Journey, if you are just joining me here, welcome! My name is Joy, I’m 25 years old, and...

여기를 클릭하여 한국어 번역을 확인하세요. Welcome back to the Joyful Journey. The holidays have whipped by and somehow I’ve found myself welcoming in the...

Two months in and I still don’t have any idea what I’m doing… but do any of us? Hello and welcome back to the Joyful Journey. If you are...

And just like that, somehow my first two weeks in Korea seemed to fly by. But so much has happened, it feels like 2 years.  I arrived at...

As you read this blog, you may find yourself wondering what on Earth could have brought a seemingly content office worker to quit her job...