…it made sense when I got my first post-university job in the finance industry.

But I quickly got bored sitting behind a desk, working with faceless money.

I wanted to experience more. To explore the world around me.

For me, that meant quitting my job, getting a passport and leaving the country.

I decided to teach English in South Korea.

The fact that I knew nothing about teaching or the culture didn't matter.

I just wanted to experience more than a sedentary 9 to 5, fighting traffic every morning and night – a sad life for a twenty something.

The less you know about something, the larger the resilience…