Connections

One thing that I really like about this small town is that everywhere I go... I know people.  Here I am, sitting at a coffee shop in Manuel Antonio and as I write, someone walks in and says hi to me.  Ten minutes later, a woman from the street yells up at me to say hello.  She says that she'll call me later to set up classes.

The question is, will she really?  As I walk around town, I see that some of the number tabs are ripped off of my flyers, but nobody has called.  There seems to be a lot of enthusiasm around the idea of learning English... but not so much in the follow through.  Maybe for every ten people that seem super excited, one will follow through - I think... I don't even know that yet.  It can feel discouraging, but maybe I just need to talk to more people.  Por lo menos, talking to people is also accomplishing my main goal of bettering my Spanish... so there's that.  Every step is part of the process.  Hanging up flyers and networking is a class in itself.  It's just that instead of being enrolled in a study abroad program... I'm doing it this way. 

I need to remember that my path here is different than other people's (Spanish students, tourists, other teachers) and be ok with the way I am doing things.  I have a tendency to judge myself and compare myself to the choices other people are making.  I am working on that.  That is one of the many courses I am enrolled in right now :] 

Example: While I sit here, my friend and his family are waiting for the bus and waving at me... :] Why I love it here...