Initially Coner Grennan was choosing to make this year long trip around the world because he had been working at the same job for eight years and decided he was at that point in his life to experience what is out in this vast world. He had many volunteering options available, but Coner didn't want a normal volunteering experience. He chose volunteering in Nepal to take care of orphans because he wanted his family and friends to be impressed by his volunteering choice, and in a round about way Coner wanted to use is experience as bragging rights.
After spending two months with the children at Little Princes Orphanage. Coner now had other reasons why he told the children he was going to back in one year. Guilt was one reason why Coner felt he needed to come back. He now had a good relationship with the children and felt guilty to just walk out on them. Coner did not have any children, but now he felt that he had eighteen children whom he was responsible for.
When comparing Coners initial reasons with his reasons for returning in one year they are opposite. His initial reasoning for volunteering was to be able to say "yeah I did this" what have you done? He had a kind of self centered look to the idea, but after two months his reasons changed drastically. Coner became attached to the children at the orphanage, and upon them asking when he will be back. He could not lie nor completely walk out on them, so he promised he would be back.
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