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Gullible

January 15, 2020

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow David Gonzalez Chavez. I believe almost everything that people tell me. Every time as a child when someone asked me what was on my shirt, I’d look down. Every time … Read more

Grey Skies

January 15, 2020

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow David Gonzalez Chavez. I’d always heard jokes about London and the UK in general being extremely gray (or rather, grey) but I really didn’t understand just how true that was … Read more

You Get Out What You Put In

January 15, 2020

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow David Gonzalez Chavez who is spending his Gap Year in Belfast, Ireland. Congratulations, you’re on a gap year! Here is the perfect blank slate, a new beginning, a time for … Read more

En la Fábrica

January 15, 2020

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow Angela Seo. Angela is spending her gap year in Ecuador with Global Citizen Year. Before coming to Ecuador, many people told me not to have high expectations. They told me … Read more

Endings and New Beginnings

May 30, 2018

The following post was written by Gap Year Fellow Georgia Morgan. This past year has by far been the most influential year of my life. From the initial applying for and discovering my acceptance into the fellowship over a year … Read more

A Culture of Contrasts

April 10, 2018

The following post was written by Gap Year Fellow Georgia Morgan. Time has become such a variable figure of measurement for me in the past several months. On one hand, as I look into the near future and see the … Read more

Déjà Vu and Bread

January 22, 2018

The following post was written by Gap Year Fellow Georgia Morgan. As I get off my final flight feeling weary-eyed, fatigued and vulnerable, I am hit with a warm burst of air and the salty smell of the ocean. The … Read more

Svadhyaya

October 24, 2017

The following post was written by Gap Year Fellow Georgia Morgan. In yoga, the term svadhyaya means self-study, or self awareness. It is the “process of inquiring into your own nature, the nature of your beliefs, and the nature of … Read more