Gap Year Travel
A gap year is usually time off between high school and college. The difference between a vacation and a gap year is that the gap year may last any length of time, up to a year or more. A gap year can be life-changing. Spending time living abroad nurtures creativity, opens your mind, and will unlock a life full of adventure.
A gap year may involve a variety of things like backpacking, time out between careers, a short gap year, or a sabbatical. A gap year can be valuable time spent between life stages; traveling, volunteering, and working abroad, or doing all three.
While staying in an ashram in India, I met several people on a gap year vacation from around the world. The dorms were twenty cents a night, and the meals were eight cents. So, for forty-four cents, you could cover your meals and housing for a day. These types of prices allow people who are going through divorces, breakups, career changes, traumatic life experiences, breaks from school, or just about any other situation a person might go through, to take a gap year and recalibrate. I’ve met people in Southeast Asia, Mexico, and Africa having such experiences.
Because of the low prices, people can stay away for extended periods of time and merely reset. I’ve met some fascinating people who were in unfortunate life situations. Many had tried therapy without making any progress, and the only way they were able to overcome their circumstances was to getaway. If you’re going through a rough patch in your life, I would seriously recommend taking a gap year to heal yourself. As a clinician of twenty years and who has worked with thousands of people, I've hardly ever seen anything more effective.