The reasons why I think doing a gap year is the best decision I’ve ever made
(Even though it hasn't truly started yet) If you never get a little lost during an adventure is it really an adventure? — Dr. Simon Coupe (my papa) Taking a gap year is one of those decisions that until recently not many have felt was an option for themselves during a time of stress , choice and of course the prospect of large cost . It sure has become much more popular but the negativity and doubt that can surround it still remains I feel. Certainly from when I first suggested that I wanted to go exploring for 6 months all anyone could say was “Well what about university?” “Have you got a plan?” “What if you never come back?” “Oh I couldn’t do that, I’d never go back to education .” Right, so no I didn’t have a plan, I thought wow I want to see the bloody world and here’s this whole year I can take with no big responsibilities yet, no kids, no mortgage, these last 7 years of school have almost killed me and I want a break! I thought, well I was born in N