December 21, 2020
By: Admin
By Leah I just got home from a 50-day Outward Bound course, backpacking and canoeing through Big Bend Ranch State Park and Big Bend National Park. It was more complicated and exhausting and rewarding and wonderful than anything I've...
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December 4, 2020
By: Admin
By Sofia I’ve said before that I signed up for my Outward Bound course looking for adventure—for something to do. Thankfully, I got more than I expected out of it. My greatest takeaways were a sense of perspective and an...
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November 19, 2020
By: Admin
By Sofia Before you begin, let me explain. I just finished a 50 day Outward Bound course. 50 showerless, uncomfortable, incredible, challenging, absurdly fun days. In retrospect, this was the most fulfilling experience of my life, but a challenge like...
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October 27, 2020
By: Admin
By Leah After a couple of weeks of strict quarantine, I'm all packed up and ready to go for the next part of my gap year! I'll set off early tomorrow morning for the first leg of my four-day...
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September 19, 2020
By: Admin
By Sofia Today I embark on the first leg of my gap year—a 50 day excursion in the Southwest with Outward Bound. I woke up this morning, got a little misty-eyed saying goodbye to my family, pretty much cried saying...
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September 18, 2020
By: Admin
By Leah Unpredictability will be a major theme this year for all of us, and I've already gotten my first taste of that in the form of a major change of plans this fall: originally I was going to be...
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August 24, 2020
By: Admin
By Leah I've only just started my gap year, but I'm already beginning to understand one of the most important skills that I'm going to develop this year: flexibility. Under normal circumstances a gap year is an opportunity for spontaneity,...
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