I’ve wanted to go to Thailand for several years now. The warm weather, world-renowned climbing, beautiful beaches, and unlimited mango sticky rice have been calling to me. But with a nearly 24 hour flight time over, it’s just not worth it when you’ve only got a week of vacation to burn.
Luckily (sort of), I was laid off in late October. Now that we’re firmly into the holiday season, the number of job postings as dwindled. In my experience, the job market will remain stagnant through the new year. So, with no real plan in mind, I decided that I should go to Thailand for a full month, early-December through early January.
Of course, this means that I’ll miss the holidays at home. But after 33 years of consistently visiting my family around Christmastime, I think I could do with a small break. Besides, I just visited them at the beginning of November. It’s not like they’re going to go into Jeff-withdrawals…
