• Reflections

    Things I Wish I Knew When I Moved Abroad

    Part One: The Emotional Reality No One Prepares You For In 2024, I realized one of my biggest dreams. I moved abroad — alone, full of excitement, anticipation, and big dreams. A new job. a new apartment. a completely new environment. I had basically changed my entire life, or it seemed like it. For a while, I was carried by novelty. New experiences came so quickly that I barely had time to process them. I didn’t fully believe I was actually living the life I had imagined for so long. But once things settled, the adrenaline faded and routine slowly…