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I have decided, I'd like to get out of the UK next year, for 6 months-2 years... Then come back and resettle in another city. I'm 27 and if I don't do it now, I don't know if I ever will...
I've been thinking about doing TEFL, as I could support myself and learn a language, but there's also the option of something like this, which would mean I could use my degree and do something I know I am really passionate about...
I'll do both eventually, but not sure which I want to do first, as I'm not on a very high income considering I'm in London and need to save. I'm concerned that returning to the UK, I won't be able to get a decent paying job (by which I mean over £7 per hour), so will be living in a different city (I have looked at jobs in other cities, such as Bristol and have found little difference now, in wages).
If I do volunteering, I'll probably try to work for a charity in South Asia, as I am interested in the culture...
I am definitely going next year... But I don't know what to choose... What do other people think?
I've been thinking about doing TEFL, as I could support myself and learn a language, but there's also the option of something like this, which would mean I could use my degree and do something I know I am really passionate about...
I'll do both eventually, but not sure which I want to do first, as I'm not on a very high income considering I'm in London and need to save. I'm concerned that returning to the UK, I won't be able to get a decent paying job (by which I mean over £7 per hour), so will be living in a different city (I have looked at jobs in other cities, such as Bristol and have found little difference now, in wages).
If I do volunteering, I'll probably try to work for a charity in South Asia, as I am interested in the culture...
I am definitely going next year... But I don't know what to choose... What do other people think?
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As for South Asia (by which, I assume you mean India), I'd just stick to the charity work there, unless you want to be stuck teaching call centre staff how to pronounce English places for half of what you can earn in the rest of Asia.