Colin Savage
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And that really put me on the path. to do it repeatedly until before I moved back to Canada, I joked to myself that, look, if I change everything at once and I'm addicted to doing that, the only thing I can do next is maybe move to the moon. There's no more I can add into the mix to make it harder on myself.
And that really put me on the path. to do it repeatedly until before I moved back to Canada, I joked to myself that, look, if I change everything at once and I'm addicted to doing that, the only thing I can do next is maybe move to the moon. There's no more I can add into the mix to make it harder on myself.
So I think full circle, all of the different industries and markets and cultures and countries, roles and people that I've dealt with, you can put a lot of energy into promoting it and encouraging it, but to a point before it gets a little bit dangerous. So hopefully that's a good interview, Vince. If you've got any other questions for me on that, I'd be happy to delve into it.
So I think full circle, all of the different industries and markets and cultures and countries, roles and people that I've dealt with, you can put a lot of energy into promoting it and encouraging it, but to a point before it gets a little bit dangerous. So hopefully that's a good interview, Vince. If you've got any other questions for me on that, I'd be happy to delve into it.
I can take up for a whole hour on myself if you want.
I can take up for a whole hour on myself if you want.
Regina is a lovely city. And like I said, I grew up here and I grew up at a time when it was pretty traditional. Most of us looked the same. There wasn't a whole lot of ways to escape it, the right word to use. And so there wasn't a lot of novelty, at least from my perspective. If you wanted to, you could. You grew up here. You went to university. You got a degree in administration.
Regina is a lovely city. And like I said, I grew up here and I grew up at a time when it was pretty traditional. Most of us looked the same. There wasn't a whole lot of ways to escape it, the right word to use. And so there wasn't a lot of novelty, at least from my perspective. If you wanted to, you could. You grew up here. You went to university. You got a degree in administration.
And we're a government now. So you go work for the government. You find your partner, start a family, and so on. So the path was pretty much laid out. And that really wasn't me. And at the time I didn't know, I wasn't sure what I was looking for, but I knew that wasn't the path that I wanted to take.
And we're a government now. So you go work for the government. You find your partner, start a family, and so on. So the path was pretty much laid out. And that really wasn't me. And at the time I didn't know, I wasn't sure what I was looking for, but I knew that wasn't the path that I wanted to take.
And so the only thing I could do is basically have my radar on high alert for anything that sort of caught my interest. And that's where I get to the change addict. It's a lot about novelty. Oh, wouldn't it be neat if I moved to Kenya and I worked for a bank? Or wouldn't it be cool if I went to China and I studied? And when I hear people say that, I'm always encouraging them to consider it.
And so the only thing I could do is basically have my radar on high alert for anything that sort of caught my interest. And that's where I get to the change addict. It's a lot about novelty. Oh, wouldn't it be neat if I moved to Kenya and I worked for a bank? Or wouldn't it be cool if I went to China and I studied? And when I hear people say that, I'm always encouraging them to consider it.
But the question afterwards is, what thing? For what purpose? If you go and you could study where you live now because of all the opportunities we have and online and the virtual world has made it easy. For example, us today, you're in Hong Kong and I'm in Redona. We're very easily, we can do whatever we want. Well, why do you need, why do you need to go there and do that?
But the question afterwards is, what thing? For what purpose? If you go and you could study where you live now because of all the opportunities we have and online and the virtual world has made it easy. For example, us today, you're in Hong Kong and I'm in Redona. We're very easily, we can do whatever we want. Well, why do you need, why do you need to go there and do that?
And if the answer that comes back to a lot of, I don't know, I saw a movie and China looks really neat or, oh, I saw that one person on social media that they did this and they're being super successful. So why wouldn't that be me? And I don't think it's a bad answer. But the reality is that you're going to have a little bit more planning behind it. And I live the addict lifestyle.
And if the answer that comes back to a lot of, I don't know, I saw a movie and China looks really neat or, oh, I saw that one person on social media that they did this and they're being super successful. So why wouldn't that be me? And I don't think it's a bad answer. But the reality is that you're going to have a little bit more planning behind it. And I live the addict lifestyle.
Like I said, I moved, picked up and moved to Thailand. And then one day in Thailand, without really teaching English to adults and at the university, I want to go somewhere where there's no Burger King, there's no 7-Eleven, there's no this, there's no that. And I basically walked into her traveling, where can I go that I forward? And she said, go to Myanmar. So I did.
Like I said, I moved, picked up and moved to Thailand. And then one day in Thailand, without really teaching English to adults and at the university, I want to go somewhere where there's no Burger King, there's no 7-Eleven, there's no this, there's no that. And I basically walked into her traveling, where can I go that I forward? And she said, go to Myanmar. So I did.
I went to Myanmar and did nothing about it. Took a suitcase. And then I lived there for a year and a half learning my way. I was there, but looking back, that was just novel. Oh, it's foreign. It's new. It's different. It's unknown. I'll let leap into it and don't do it. And the single person now, anyone can do that, but it didn't really have a purpose in mind.
I went to Myanmar and did nothing about it. Took a suitcase. And then I lived there for a year and a half learning my way. I was there, but looking back, that was just novel. Oh, it's foreign. It's new. It's different. It's unknown. I'll let leap into it and don't do it. And the single person now, anyone can do that, but it didn't really have a purpose in mind.