What's been on my mind recently?

I've been thinking a lot about my relationship with people here. I'm really motivated to help people in Mongolia, but things don't always work out in the way that I think that they would. Plans change often, and things get cancelled frequently. I try not to take it personally, because sometimes there are good reasons for schedule changes, and I also need others to give me flexibility with timing as well.

I love adventures, but sometimes they can get very tiring. A lot of times, things take much longer than I would expect. One of the definitions of my name, "Will" is determination - I need a whole lot of it. In some circumstances, I have no problem with that. I tell myself that if I can run a half marathon, I might as well run a full. When things go wrong repeatedly, its hard to keep trying though.

I realized that the most important thing isn't communicating with my counterparts how to be excellent English - it is more important to be a friendly and social person. Unfortunately, I don't have a naturally charismatic personality and its challenging for me to make a lot of friends. But that is what people want - somehow I have to be a more open person. Its a lot easier to change external things (such as language learning, teaching, etc.) than transforming myself.