Tilly
12-04-2010, 18:34
So I hiked the AT in 2009. Afterward, I went back to school to get my bachelor's and I will be finishing this May.
I also work at the univ. I'm going to. It's a good job and I've had the opportunity to learn a lot of new things. Right now I am part time (~25 hrs/wk) but truthfully going full time where I work makes my stomach turn. It's incredibly stressful, understaffed workplace that just added a new department that we're partially responsible for. Also, I would have to start rotating through different night and day shifts every 8 weeks, which doesn't appeal either (part timers do not rotate.)
Anyway, I was planning on working through February of 2012 and then going hiking again. However, lately my b/f (who hiked the AT w/me) has told me that he really, really would like to leave this coming summer. He is working at a job that bores him, and he is really really tired of living in Indiana. I am, too, and I'm looking forward to living in a new state in a few years, but he is at the end of his rope and would like to leave asap.
My hiking plan for 2012 basically involved hiking a bunch of smaller trails for a few months, not one long trail this time. For an abbreviated 2011 hiking plan, I (we) may possibly be able to save enough money to hike the Colorado Trail, Centennial Trail, Superior Hiking Trail, and Isle Royale, along with visiting a few other NP's and places like that.
I guess I am stuck. Every job I've had lately I've had for 1 1/2 years and then quit. This would be the third job that I've done this with if I quit this summer to go hike. I wanted to go full time after school, save some more money, and then quit with 2.5 years under my belt and more money saved. But, the idea of leaving in 7 months does appeal.
What do you guys think?
I also work at the univ. I'm going to. It's a good job and I've had the opportunity to learn a lot of new things. Right now I am part time (~25 hrs/wk) but truthfully going full time where I work makes my stomach turn. It's incredibly stressful, understaffed workplace that just added a new department that we're partially responsible for. Also, I would have to start rotating through different night and day shifts every 8 weeks, which doesn't appeal either (part timers do not rotate.)
Anyway, I was planning on working through February of 2012 and then going hiking again. However, lately my b/f (who hiked the AT w/me) has told me that he really, really would like to leave this coming summer. He is working at a job that bores him, and he is really really tired of living in Indiana. I am, too, and I'm looking forward to living in a new state in a few years, but he is at the end of his rope and would like to leave asap.
My hiking plan for 2012 basically involved hiking a bunch of smaller trails for a few months, not one long trail this time. For an abbreviated 2011 hiking plan, I (we) may possibly be able to save enough money to hike the Colorado Trail, Centennial Trail, Superior Hiking Trail, and Isle Royale, along with visiting a few other NP's and places like that.
I guess I am stuck. Every job I've had lately I've had for 1 1/2 years and then quit. This would be the third job that I've done this with if I quit this summer to go hike. I wanted to go full time after school, save some more money, and then quit with 2.5 years under my belt and more money saved. But, the idea of leaving in 7 months does appeal.
What do you guys think?