• Study abroad

    The Day Before Departure

    Tomorrow at 7:00 AM, I will embark on a plane to Shanghai, China for four months. Now, I am nervously tapping my fingers on the table realizing I have less than 10 hours at home. For the last month especially, I have been grappling with a lot of different emotions. Mostly nervousness for the unknown. I find myself most content with life when I am enjoying the comfort of routine and the familiarity of my own surroundings. So the fact that I must live in a foreign country by myself frankly scares me. However, I’ve had to reframe some of my thoughts. While the unknown of this trip still perpetuates…