{"id":107,"date":"2014-07-12T17:02:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T17:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/?p=107"},"modified":"2015-09-10T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T19:06:09","slug":"top-10-reasons-why-i-love-being-a-padi-instructor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-being-a-padi-instructor\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 reasons why I love being a PADI Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2010 I gave up the corporate world for the island lifestyle and I am happier and healthier because of it!  Financially, I make a little less but I make up for it with less stress and much more rewarding job.  Here\u2019s why I love working in Cozumel as a PADI Instructor:<br \/>\n10. Best office view!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2346_opt.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" > <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2346_opt.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2346_opt\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n9. Educating divers about ocean\/marine life conservation<br \/>\n8. Diving is great exercise!<br \/>\n7. Discovering new personal abilities and strengths<br \/>\n6. Continuing education, learning new specialties<br \/>\n5. Helping people overcome their fears<br \/>\n4. Observing animals in their natural habitat<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2220_opt.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2220_opt.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2220_opt\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-111\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n3. Meeting people from all around the world<br \/>\n2. I never have to go to \u201cwork\u201d &#8211; I get paid to have fun!<br \/>\n1. When divers tell me \u201cThat was the best experience I\u2019ve had in my life!\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0867_opt.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0867_opt.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0867_opt\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are your reasons why you love being a recreational or professional diver?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2010 I gave up the corporate world for the island lifestyle&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecodiverscozumel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}