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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...
Choosing Excitement as I Get Ready for Spain!
It's easy to feel overwhelmed while preparing to study abroad in a foreign country. Sometimes it may require a conscious decision to choose to be excited...
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...
Underwater? For Class?
Lots of pleasant surprises during my first two weeks in the Galápagos.
How to: Fit a Lifetime Into Six Days
Packing is hard—waiting may be even harder. Doubts and uncertainties are creeping in, but I think that, even throughout this awkward time period before the...
The Part of Leaving for a Semester Abroad that Nobody Wants to Talk About
Are you feeling a little nervous for your semester abroad? Never fear! It is totally normal to be scared or nervous for a big trip abroad as well as excited at...