The realization that a decision is imminent and quite quickly approaching coupled with a newly found awareness that a drastic change is necessary are, together, the impetus for a neo-genesis of Elijah Rintrah and, subsequently, rintrah.ca.

My term as a desk-jockey was seeing its last days. As was my lease on my apartment and my contract with my cell-phone. All small matters that were to conclude at roughly the same time. Unhappy with the state of my occupational future, uneasy about the absurd 15% increase in my rent (and unwilling to abuse my sanity in protesting it with the Residential Tenancies Branch), and increasing wanting to switch phone companies without paying a penalty, I started looking for alternatives.

This accounts for the impending doom I was to face if no decisions were made. The need for change comes from more than one source. I no-longer even consider the idea that paper-pushing could be glamorous job. Plus, as a result of my next point, I constantly take positions which may very well be beneath my ability and, what I like to call, my intelligence.

I have recently been self-diagnosed with Avoidant Personality Disorder. As such, I feel, I need to step out of my boundaries and do something new and something somewhat out of step of who I am and who I hide myself from.

The idea is that I need to change how I do things and which things I actually do. I started things in motion and some things gained inertia. While I tried to propel some of these, they were steadfast. Others I left lying and carefully navigated around them. And, it seems, the one which is still in motion is the one that I have the greatest amount of fear and desire for.

And, so it appears, in twelve incredibly short days, I will be well on my way to teaching English in South Korea.