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- Hello, my name's Amy
and I got my ITA Certification online
and since then, I have been teaching all over the world.
We are currently in Oregon,
in a beautiful campsite.
It rained last night because we're in Oregon.
But yeah, so, as of now,
I am teaching all over.
I originally started teaching about a year ago
from my house.
I would get up every day around 3:00 a.m.
and teach for a few hours every morning.
I absolutely love it and decided to take it elsewhere.
My now fiance and I we went to Europe
and traveled to Europe for about four months.
Went to a bunch of different countries.
It was amazing.
I taught the entire time there.
Then we went to Thailand for five weeks.
I taught the entire time there
and now we are road trippin' across America
and I will be continuing to teach online.
Now I have my coffee so let's go for an adventure.
Stop one of the day, is this gorgeous, gorgeous area
that we just found.
Most of our days include getting up nice and early
since my body is trained for getting up early to teach.
So, even on days that I'm not teaching first thing
in the morning, we still get up nice and early at sunrise
and then we take off and start exploring.
This spot is actually an overlanding spot
so people can camp here.
It is stunning.
I can't.
It's so beautiful.
So, this is our first overlanding super long trip.
And super long, I mean month, it's not even that long
but we are on the road.
We bought a rooftop tent
and we are going to go from either campsites
or beautiful places like this
and set up.
It's really great.
So this is our current set up.
We have our four runner and that is our rooftop tent.
It takes seconds to put up, it's amazing.
So, this is what it's looking like.
So, this is stop number one.
We're gonna just relax, finish up our coffee
and then we are going into town
so we can work for a little bit.
Exploring the Oregon Coast.
It's so windy.
So, I'm currently teaching through two different platforms.
I teach online through GoGoKid and VIPKid.
When it comes to finances,
I've been doing really well through teaching online
so it's been wonderful.
My fiance does not teach English online,
in fact he's a web developer
so he works all online as well
so it has allowed us to travel all over.
And while we were in Europe,
I was able to teach from, typically I taught
from 11 to about, 11:00 a.m. 'til 3:00 p.m.
Pretty much Monday through Friday
and then I would teach either a Saturday or a Sunday
so at least I had one day off
but I made sure that my Saturday or Sunday
was a good full day.
Those days I would typically teach
from seven or 8:00 a.m. 'til 3:00 p.m.
And then in Thailand I would teach typically,
Monday through Friday from 4:00 p.m. 'til about 8:00 p.m.
Or I would teach Saturday and Sunday
and those were amazing days.
I could teach 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
When it comes to WiFi, we find WiFi wherever we can.
Sometimes we stay at campgrounds
and when we do we make sure
that we stay at ones with WiFi.
So that can be actual campgrounds.
Those are more limited, though, with WiFi
or there can be WiFi at RV sites
so we try to stay at those when we do stay at a campsite.
If not, another option is going to a brewery or a cafe.
So for the WiFi at the breweries and the cafes,
sometimes it's just finding a nice quiet corner
or sometimes just chilling out front
in the parking lot if there WiFi bounces that far out.
It really just depends.
Honestly, talking to people in the breweries
or the cafes and asking them if it's okay.
I always, always do.
It's really important if, you gotta get their permission.
But, yeah, it's just nice and respectful
and then sometimes if I am gonna work in the car,
it's really easy to do.
I'm lucky that our backseat actually is pretty spacious
in compared to the front seat.
So, I can set up a little lap desk,
set up my laptop there and teach.
And I actually don't need a lotta supplies.
I actually need just a few, just to make that class
just a little bit better.
All right, well, I am done with my night of teaching
and I am off to bed
but thank you so much for following along
on my adventure today
and if you guys would like to follow along,
continue to follow me on @amble_with_amy
and I'll catch ya later.
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