Kungenzeka yini ukuyeka umjaho womncintiswano ngomnyaka wokuhamba nokuzibonela?
Ngokusho Ucwaningo Lonyaka We-Gap olwenziwa yi-Hostelworld.com, ngaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu zabantu manje abathatha iminyaka ye-gap bangama-30 noma ngaphezulu.
Iminyaka yabahlanganyeli bonyaka we-gap iyakhula, futhi njengabantu abasha abashayela emuva eYurophu, bajwayele ukubuka izwe, bafunde ngokuhlakanipha, futhi bafunde ngokwabo.
Kodwa uma usukhulile, inqubo isuke ibe nzima kakhulu ngokwezezimali. Ungase ube nezinkokhelo zokubolekwa kwabafundi, i-mortgage, ngisho nezingane. Kodwa akunakwenzeka. Sikhulume nabantu abakwenzile - kanye nabanye ochwepheshe - ukubona ukuthi ungathatha kanjani isikhathi kude nomncintiswano ngaphandle kokubhubhisa umsebenzi wakho kanye / noma ezezimali.
Nciphise Okulindelweyo
U-Ethan Knight, uMqondisi Omkhulu noMsunguli we-American Gap Association, uchaza ukuthi iminyaka ye-gap ephumelele kakhulu iqukethe izakhi ezine ezihlukene:
- I-Volunteerism (lapho uhlakulela khona ukuzwelana ngabantu ngezimo ezinzima ngokuvamile)
- Ukuhlola imisebenzi (okushintsha ukuthi uhlobene kanjani nomsebenzi wakho futhi usebenza ngokujwayelekile)
- Umsebenzi okhokhelwayo (ngoba uma ngabe unikwe amandla, ungayithatha kalula)
- Isikhala - kumazwi kaKnight - "ama-radicals amahhala," (isikhathi sokuhlola okungalindelekile.)
U-Joanna Lazarek wathatha unyaka we-gap njengoba eneminyaka engu-40 ngonyaka ka-2011, futhi wahlola wonke amabhokisi amane. Kwakukhona iziqu eThailand ngokuzithandela nezindlovu, ukwenza umsebenzi we-pasta e-Australia, nokuxhuma nomuntu owabizela igama lakhe (okokugcina nokugcina) ePoland.
Noma kunjalo, uthi: "Lokhu kwakungekho ukudla, thandaza, uthando. Kwakungenjengoba kuhle njengoCheryl Strayed ePacific Coast Coast. "Ecabanga ngalolu phiko, uthi:" Angizange ngishintshe. Ngabuya ngiqinisile. Ngaqaphela izinto ngami, njengoba ngisebenza kanzima lapho ngingadingeki. Futhi ngifuna ukuphuma endleleni yami ukuyofunda. Kwakuyiqiniso kakhulu ukuthi, 'Yebo, lokhu nginguye ngempela.' "
Londoloza Okungaphezu Kokuthi Ucabanga ukuthi Uzodinga
Lapho uLazarek ebuya ngonyaka wakhe we-gap, kwakudingeka isikhathi esithile ukuba asebenze isikhathi esigcwele. "Ngisindise ngokwanele ukuthi nginomkhuhlane lapho ngiphindela emuva, kodwa sekuphelile ukuthi nginenkinga encane, ngokwezezimali," usho kanje. Akuvamile, kusho uKnight. "Ngokuvamile kuthatha izinyanga eziyisithupha ngonyaka noma ngaphezulu ukubuyela emsebenzini ngemuva kwesikhathi esithile. Isiko lethu asihambisani kahle nezikhala ekubuyiseleni . "Uzofuna ukuhlela okungenani izindleko zokuhlala ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokuhlala kabusha.
Yenza okuthize Ukugcina Imali Ezayo (Noma Ngokungavumelekile Ukungahambi)
Enye indlela yokunciphisa ukushaya kwezezimali ukusebenzela - ukukhokha - ngenkathi ukhona ngonyaka wakho we-gap. UBobbi Livingstone, 62, osanda kuqeda isabelo sezinyanga ezingu-11 nama-Americorps, wathola isikhwama esincane (njengoba kwenza wonke amalungu ohlelweni) ngenkathi evolontiya eBaltimore.
Lokho kwamsiza ukuba agcine ehamba. Umgodi wezezimali kaLazarek wawuyobe ujulile kakhulu uma engakwazi ukuletha indlu yakhe ngenzuzo.
Gcina Kubiza
Enye indlela yokunciphisa izindleko zakho ukuhlela unyaka wakho we-gap ngokuhlukumezeka engqondweni. U-Holly Bull, uMongameli weSikhungo Sezinhlelo Zesikhashana (okungukuthi imali engu-$ 2,600 yokubonisana) isekela abantu abaneminyaka engu-16 kuya ku-75 ukuthi bathole izinhlelo ezifanele kubo, bathi amanhlelo wonyaka wonyaka we-gap asebenzisa u-$ 10,000 kuya ku-14,000 we-semester ngayinye. Kodwa kunezindlela zokugcina lezo izindleko ziphansi. Ukwazisa ngokuzithandela ngokuvamile kunikeza izindlu ze-gappers nokudla ngokushintshanisa abasebenzi, uyachaza. Futhi ezinye izinhlelo zikhokha imali encane - isibonelo, u-$ 1,400 ukuya eNingizimu Afrika ukuyofundisa ekilasini amasonto amahlanu. I-Knight iphinde iphakamise izindawo zokuhamba lapho idoli yakho ingaqhubeka khona.
U-$ 1,000 uqhubeka kakhulu eNdiya kunezinye izingxenye zomhlaba, "usho kanje.
Funda ukutshela indaba yakho
I-Livingstone - ngubani owayengumfundisi ongakaze afundise - ngaphambi kokuba abe namazwe aseMelika, manje ephethe kabusha amaphuzu okukhuluma amasha ayisebenzisayo njengoba exoxisana ngemisebenzi. EmaMelika, uhlele umkhankaso owutholile kahle wokufundisa ukuphepha komlilo emakethe e-third-to-fifth-graders ezikoleni zaseBaltimore. Lona umsebenzi omkhulu wokuxoxisana ngomsebenzi . U-Lazarek uye wasebenzisa isipiliyoni sakhe sonyaka we-gap ukuchaza kabanzi ekuxazululeni izinkinga nokukhulumisana amakhono awafunde. Ngisho nokuhlela unyaka we-gap kungaba isibonelo esihle sokuhlela iphrojekthi eningiliziwe, uthi. "Akukhona nje ukugijima nokuthenga ithikithi lendiza," esho. "Ngami kwakungumsebenzi wezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili. Ukhuluma ngenhloso okwenze ngayo lokhu. "
Yamukela uhlelo B
Okokugcina, uma ufunda lokhu futhi ucabanga ukuthi awukwazi ukuwukhokhela, kunezinye izinketho ezimbalwa.
Enye iyisabatha, emifushane, iphinde ikunike imisebenzi yokubuyela kuyo. Enye indlela yokuba ngumqambi we-digital: Uma ungakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi wakho ngokusuka kunoma yikuphi, izinhlelo ezinjengeNdawo Ebudewe Nonyaka no-Nomad zihluma ukuze zikusize wenze kanjalo ngenkathi ubona umhlaba. Imali ekhokhwa nyanga zonke ye $ 2,000 (kufaka phakathi ukukhokha okuphansi kwe $ 5,000), owokuqala uzohlela ukuthi usebenze endaweni ehlukile emhlabeni jikelele inyanga ngayinye, unikeze isikhala esisebenzisanayo nendawo yokuhlala, futhi usize wenze amalungiselelo ukuze ukwazi ukusebenzisana kahle nomqashi wakho ekhaya. Uhlu lwe-Nomad lukhululekile, kodwa i-DIY; ikusiza ukuthi uxhumane namanye ama-nomads emadolobheni emhlabeni jikelele. Akuwona unyaka we-gap, nge-se, kodwa uma lokho okufunayo ukubona umhlaba futhi ugcine umholo wakho ongakwenza nje.