When E and I left Prague this summer, we decided to try being digital nomads. Since we left Prague, we’ve traveled to Croatia, Montenegro, London, various parts of the USA, Costa Rica, Panama, had our honeymoon, got married, and attempted to be successful online.
While E almost immediately started enjoying his work online and doing well (these engineers, man!) a broken computer, wedding planning, and a lack of focus were holding me back. Really, they’re all excuses, because almost the minute I stopped teaching last June, I began to miss it. Not only did I miss teaching, but I missed staying for a long period of time in one location. I missed connecting with the culture and people of one place, and didn’t find fulfillment in our (too fast!) traveling. Now, don’t get me wrong, every place we went was amazing, but I felt burnt out of being “on the road” very quickly. In addition, the constant stress of finances on the road was wearing us both quickly.
We decided that we both wanted to stay longer in one country and get to know it, just like we had with the Czech Republic. However, two unmissable weddings this spring/summer had us thinking we would have to wait until the fall of 2016 before moving to a new place.
While searching for teaching jobs starting next fall, I came across a job that was hiring now, would let me bring E as my dependent so he could keep working online, and would let me take time off in May for my sister’s wedding. I had to apply, of course. And that leads me to the BIG NEWS I said I would be sharing with you weeks ago…
It took a little longer than I thought to finalize everything…but I can FINALLY share that…
WE ARE MOVING TO BUDAPEST! In January!
I’ll be teaching there from January to June, and likely longer if all goes well. It’s a more full-time position than my job(s) in Prague, which is exactly what I hoped I could find.
(This also means I won’t be doing any more On the Road posts, but I will be starting a By the Numbers series for our time in Budapest).
I’m so excited to teach again, to be back in Europe, and to experience more of the lovely Budapest. I hope you’ll follow along on this new journey! Thank you for all of you that have supported us along the way.
Also…come visit!!!