Why should students have all the fun?
Have you ever wished that you could put your career on hold to travel or volunteer, just like some high school or college graduates do before setting foot on campus or accepting their first job?
“It really should be called ‘gap time,’” says Holly Bull, president of the Center for Interim Programs in Princeton, N.J., America’s oldest independent gap-year counseling organization. “The value derived from this exploring, short or long, is invariably high: Rest, a sense of renewed excitement about life, being away from home and the familiar, meeting new people, being a traveler rather than tourist, engaging in something substantive with a sense of purpose.
Peace Corps time. There’s no upper age limit to join The Peace Corps . These days, about 4% of Peace Corps volunteers are 50+.Most Peace Corps assignments require a 27-month commitment, although some for experienced individuals last three to 12 months. Mark Schmitt, 56, a technology executive in Oakton, Va. took an unpaid leave of absence to travel in 2018. Over 10 months, he completed 14 adventures, including living and working in a Scottish castle, a two-week deployment with The Red Cross after Hurricane Florence, hiking the Pacific Northwest with his daughters and going on safari in Africa.
The financial side of things. You don’t need to be wealthy to take some types of gap time. The Peace Corps covers housing, medical and dental expenses and provides a small stipend. Other programs are affordable, too.
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