Flashback to right before the summer of 2017: It's April and I'm starting to feel utterly hopeless about finding a good summer job... After what felt like FOREVER of applying for and interviewing for job after job....after job, none of which were really even exciting to me, I unexpectedly got an email. Apparently, one of my professors was looking for an undergraduate field technician to fill a position helping collect data for one of her Master's students and she wanted ME to do it! That's right, she straight up emailed me offering me a position studying invasive coqui frogs on the Big Island of Hawaii! There was no doubt in my mind, well I mean obviously I was taken aback because this was totally unexpected, but I knew I had to take it. How could I pass up an opportunity like that?! I'd finally nailed down what I was going to do for summer work! Well I actually got this gig for the first half of the summer and a totally different gig for the latter half, but I'll touch on that in a later post. Anyways, I was beyond stoked to be offered such a cool job and to have the chance to live and work in Hawaii for two whole months (all by myself)! The position was to provide me with a rental car as well as cover my cost of travel to and from the island, gas, and rent each month. So basically, I would get about $1000 a month in income to feed myself and pay my bills with (& of course put some away in my savings like a responsible adult). On top of all that, I was even given the option to find a place to live that was to my liking (so long as it met the project's budget allowance). Freakin' score!! Am I right?! So what do you think the first thing I |
AuthorHi there, my name's Jennifer! I'm a tree-hugging, adventure-seeking, mid-twenties-something and I'm here to share my story with you! Follow me as I try my best to lead a natural and sustainable both everyday and while trying my best to see the world. Follow me on insta! @treadlightlylivefully
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