Option TWO : Engrish

If you’re an idiot and you speak 7 languages, it just means a lot more people can understand you’re an idiot. – Comedian John Caparulo

But I love languages John Caparulo! And not just because when you speak another language people think you’re smarter. I mean, everyone digs feeling smart, that's why people listen to NPR. What I love about language is that it allows people to connect with people that have perspective different from their own. I grew up with my eldest sister speaking Spanish. She even went to Korean school as a kid. OH! And she is taking Mandarin at a community college this summer. Needless to say, I admire her greatly and like to think some of that natural tendency toward language awesomeness is also in my genes. Y yo hablo un poquito espanol tambien. This brings us to our second life destination option, move to a country to learn another language. What will I do for work? Teach English of course! Programs vary, but the most popular is TEFL (http://www.tefl.com/), an intensive 4-week, low cost program that allows you to travel abroad, while learning another language yourself. Places for relocation include: Costa Rica (Spanish), Spain (Spanish) and Prague (Czech).

Although exciting, this would force me to put my career in advertising on hold momentarily. I guess advertising will always be there, but will I be sabotaging myself? Will the perspective I gain enrich the work I do later? I’m not going to worry about it too much. It’s for you to decide, after all.