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Hopes for the Future
I need to get real and honest about what I’m doing and why I’m here. 6 months from now, by the end of May 2024, I will be fluent in B1 Spanish, and I will be healthier. I will have amassed 20K followers across my social media platforms. I will…
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Goals, Goals, Goals
Trying to ensure this time isn’t wasted. I have to do everything possible to change my life. One year, better opportunities for me, my brothers, and my pups. This is going to be difficult, but I plan to be consistent as much as possible. It’s the only way change will…
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Something Wicked in the Water
This past weekend, early Sunday morning around 5:45am, I was attacked while walking home. I had been out for the evening with friends and we rode in a taxi altogether. We separated at a common stop for all of this and my walk was only 10 minutes. Normally, my neighborhood…
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Lost, but not Aimless
I have now been in Spain for almost two months. It doesn’t feel real to say that, but at the same time, I feel like I have been here forever. I do not know what I am doing yet, but I know that I am headed on the path I…
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The Grift Goes On
Somehow, I was placed in a Spanish A2 course at the end of the unit, one week before the students were to test into B1. If you do not know, A-levels are beginner, and B is intermediate. By some wild fluke, I, a person that should be in late A1…
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Once an Overachiever…
I am currently writing this while sitting in my empty classroom, listening in to the virtual lesson of the substitute. The classroom is empty because my professor let the class know that he would be absent today. I am on a zoom call because he also said we needed to…
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Life Abroad
I have been living overseas for about two weeks now. It still doesn’t quite feel real, as I have been living in a hotel the entire time so far. The search for housing has been harder than I had initially imagined, but I am choosing to remain hopeful that a…
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Almost There
Currently on my layover in Amsterdam. I am running on perhaps an hour of fitful rest, I did not really sleep on the first leg of my journey. My home has been (mostly) cleared out for renters and I will begin canceling items like car insurance as they no longer…
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Visa Update
It has happened! After all the trials, tribulations, and anxiety, I have my visa! It arrived a week ago, and my flight is tomorrow. My life abroad will officially begin. It does not feel quite real. To be honest, I have not done extensive research on my journey. I decided…
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Letting Go…
One of the toughest things about this entire process has been learning to let go of material things. They represent who I was and the love I have gathered from friends over the years. They represent transitional stages and times as I have grown as well. As I have been…
