2 months later

previously on my blog.....

My last entry was my teary goodbye to South Korea

Coming back home has definitely had its moments...

I've honestly been wanting to write this but I've been struggling with how I want to write this.

I have felt a range of emotions the past 2 months

but the strongest emotion is

confusion.

As I started working this week the time has flown and I just think 

okay, i can do this. 10 more months ... it'll go quickly

but I cant help that I want to go back

I miss Kyu a lot

my insurance

my kids 

and

F O O D!

I want to start doing youtube videos again once I strike a balance with work and free time. 

I did bring back 3 suitcases full of skin care I want to share with you all!

If you have any questions about skin care of living in Korea please feel free to ask! 

Have a good week end!

xoxo

Julie

W e E k 1 6

Hey everyone!!

This week went by really fast which I'm really happy about! Get to knock off another week off the year and 5 weeks until summer vacation!!!

Woo hoo!! 

Are any of y'all a fan of the Bachelorette??

If so who are your top 3 this season!! 

xoxo

Julie Greene

Episode 7

Episode 7 y'all

Goal met! Video under 5 minutes!!!

woo hoo!

I feel like I'm getting better at this!

Thanks to everyone who continues to support me while I'm doing this silly thing! :D

xoxo

Julie

Episode 5!!!!

ITS FINALLY APRIL Y'ALL

check out my week 5 vid.

I didn't start the whole 30 this week because I got attacked by my sinuses...

so next week seems more promising! (haaazzaaaaa)

Shout outs in this video were a little heavy but necessary haha 

Again thanks for watching and keeping up with me being a giant mess... haha

Peace out Napoleon!

xoxo

Julie's Final 52 | Episode 4

Julie's Final 52 | Episode 4

Hey y'all !

Week 4 out of 52! 

I wish I could say the weeks have been flying by since I started this.

 But I'm still going haha

I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU! To everyone who has been watching and supporting me while I do this! It's been really therapeutic for me to just talk. 

Again Thanks everyone!

Love y'all

xoxo 

Julie's Final 52 | Episode 3

Julie's Final 52 | Episode 3

Hey y'all!

I uploaded the video yesterday but

 my Thursday turned into a giant shit storm 

so I didn't have time to write anything. So here it is!! 

Thanks for watching!

xoxo 

Julie

Julie's Final 52 | Episode 2

Julie's Final 52 | Episode 2

Hellooooooo everyone!

I hope everyone has had a great week! It's been a helluva week over here. 

I filmed my second video and it's down below....

Sorry about all the rambling haha 

Thanks for watching everyone!! 

xoxo

Julie

50 weeks left y'all!!! 

Julie's Final 52 | Episode 1

Julie's Final 52 | Episode 1

Hey y'all! 

I am now trying once again to start a video journal. All of my other videos I did one and then determined I sounded like a total douche lord and just gave up.

butttt

I'm not giving up this time! I still sound and look like a giant weirdo but I want to try and vocalize my thoughts and feelings about living in Korea the past 3 years.

So here we go:

Julie's Final 52:

Episode 1

Julie's Final 52

Pardon the awkwardness...

I'm still getting used to seeing myself talk. hahaha

xoxo

Julie

T-52 weeks :)

Life After Korea

Life after Korea...

I was chatting with one of my girlfriends a couple weeks ago and we were talking about what life will be likes once we begin lives back home. She will be getting married soon to a wonderful Korean fellow and after they have kiddos they will head back to Canada. She brought up a lot of points about frustrations and worries about life back home.

It got me thinking... 

What the hell am I going to do?

By the time I head back to the States I will hopefully be at the tender age of 29. In my head it seems old in terms of getting my act together. Going home and technically starting over seems overwhelming and complicated. 

Life in Korea is easy. (relatively) 

Our housing is paid for, we work (a lot), explore far and near, and we don't have much to worry about. 

I love teaching in Korea but it's not like teaching in America. 

I also know I don't want to teach when I go back to America because I'm actually not qualified to be a teacher. I major in psychology. 

My friend said something that really struck a cord with me. 

"We need to have marketable skills that will enable us to have jobs in other fields and still be successful." 

I got to thinking. 

A. What are my skills?

B. What am I passionate about?

My first passion is make up and skin care and I have been doing that for sometime but have really slowed down since work takes up much of my time and honestly I am not going to contour my face and wear bright lip stick to teach. 

Lately I've been researching a lot about nail art. So after spending the week end at SETEC I am happy to announce my journey learning how to do nail art. 

Of course with anything I will need to practice and make sure I can do a mean manicure and gett fancy with colors and variations. Sure there's a lot to learn but that's what makes it so fun and exciting for me. 

To anyone that is abroad and wondering what life will be like after you return it's okay to be confused and a little worried. I think we all have to take it with stride. Plans aren't perfect but I'm going to work hard and try my best. 

To any of the expat who have gone home and started a new life outside of teaching, what did you do? And how did you get there? Was it difficult? 

I give you all massive kudos. 

So to all of my friends living and working abroad what do you think? What will you do? 

Best luck to everyone 

"When you do what you love you never work a day in your life"

xoxo

J. Greene