I have made the difficult decision to withdraw from the Peace Corps process. I was offered my dream job and could not pass it up. I still hope to complete Peace Corps service within the next decade but I realized that it does not have to be now.
It is my hope that a few more years of professional experience will actually make me a more qualified candidate for service. I was a bit upset after sending the e-mail to withdraw my candidacy but ultimately I know I made the right choice for me at this point in my life.
what is the dream job you were offered?? :)
ReplyDeleteGood for you for taking that path. That is a very difficult decision, but one which will ultimately prove to have been the best one for you. I hope that everything works out as well for you as it did for me since I made a similar decision several decades ago. After a career that included grad and post-grad schools, I am finally an applicant awaiting an invitation. I am certain that I will be a vastly different PCV now than I would have been decades ago.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes to you!
I will be a hall director at a small private liberal arts school that is incredibly social justice and self-governance focused. It is the exact job I wanted to land when I returned from Peace Corps so I will just be doing the two in reverse :)
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