Can Westerners with a Frontier Mindset Find Pura Vida?
Can Westerners with a Frontier Mindset Find Pura Vida? Hannah Rouse The List “What I regret most about college was never studying abroad,” I heard this many times from those who had already finished school. So, I added studying abroad to my list. It is not a bucket list, just a list. It’s a list which may not be physical, or ever referenced by name, but is nonetheless very real. A list that I have found to be common among my peers also searching for a sense of fulfillment, for what is next. The list is filled with short-term tasks and long-term goals. The short-term, often mundane tasks are “valued only because we expect that [their completion] will make us happy.” They may include things like writing a boring English paper or going to work at a dreaded job, but the task itself isn’t what is significant. The list is significant because upon the completion of each task, upon the checking of each box, we expect to earn a small amount of happiness. But, our aggravation wi...