Seguinland Institute: The Good Life Gap Year Reviews

This program is life-changing. I've participated in the Good Life course for two summers, truly some of the best experiences I've ever had. The first time I was there, I learned to reflect on the beauty of the good life. Two years later, I returned to learn what it means to shower the world with gifts of beauty in the good life.
This will be a trip where you will have the opportunity to explore the wild, the beauty, the wonder, the solitude, the silence, the self-reliance, and the simplicity in the Good Life. To read wonderful works by Henry David Thoreau and Annie Dillard, sitting in the garden, by the sea, on a tree. Doing all that, while bonding with a beautiful group of classmates and friends. Grateful for all the life-long friends that I have met over this trip, grateful for the Good Life.

Doing the Good Life Gap Term was such an amazing experience and something I will never forget. During my time in Maine, I made so many friends that I still keep in touch with today and we will forever have a bond of sharing great memories from our time in Maine. I learned so many life lessons while also learning a lot about myself. This trip not only impacted my life while I was in Maine, but it impacted my life once I came home as well. I carry all of the things that I learned with me throughout my day to day life. I came home having a new outlook on life and am forever grateful for my time spent here.

My experience was unique because going to Maine and truly enjoying nature wasn’t something I could ever imagine myself doing until I arrived. But when I got there, it was clear that the program was going to be very memorable, and it was going to bring us very close to each other. Not only did the Francises show us many ways to appreciate nature, but they taught us how to expand our minds and how to look at the big picture when life gets tough. My time in Maine brought me clarity and peace of mind, and thinking of Maine and the Francises helps me find that clarity in my daily life at college. I have no doubt that the lessons I learned, as well as the friendships I formed, will stay with me forever. While everyone’s experience in Maine will be different, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t remember theirs as fondly as I remember mine.