Janie, 35, Canada: high school teacher

Oh. I've been pretty lucky up until now. For one thing. I've traveled a lot. I lived in Italy a few years ago Then after Italy, I went to Central America and worked with a team of volunteers. We were rebuilding homes after a major earthquake for two months. It was hard work but so worth doing. Life has been interesting so far. "

Marcos, 25, Brazil! college student

"Um, I've done some interesting things in the last few years. I started a band the year before last, though it didn't last we broke up after six months. But it was fun. And I've been coaching a soccer team in a local primary school for the last two years. We've won most of our matches. "

Jing Wei. 25 and Sheng Yang. 27, China: designer and graduate student

Well, Sheng Yang hasn't really done anything except study over the last few years. we met when he was getting his master's in college. Then Sheng started his PhD. Since then, he's just been giving all his attention to school" "Jing Wei began working at a fashion company last year That was a big thing for her. She's been enjoying it so far."