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No Expectations
Expectations can leave you feeling a few different ways. Here's why I choose to avoid the guessing and go in without expectations.
Predeparture: The Ultimate Study Abroad Bucket List for Nantes, France
What to do? Where to go? Don’t even worry… with the help of (our dear friend) the internet, here’s a starter’s bucket list of things to do and places to see...
Dublin Odyssey: An Anxious Prelude
I’m hopelessly excited to leave for Dublin soon but I can’t deny the slow creep of anxiety that’s settled into my chest. Anxious is my default setting so this...
Predeparture: Struggles and Feels
Here, I talk about my personal struggles and rollercoaster ride of emotions this summer before leaving for France. Life happens, so it's all in how we take a...
Packing, Practicing and Pinterest Boards - How I'm Preparing for Spain
There's so much more to preparing for a trip than packing — sometimes you just gotta stress about your airplane outfit and panic about remembering how to say...
Paper Chains: Real and Metaphorical Connections to Home and Self
In preparing to leave for study abroad, the best advice I received was to “take all of your anxieties and put them down on paper.” After almost a year of...