I’m back! Man does it feel weird. Weirdly, I’m feeling possessive over Ireland. I hear of people visiting or wanting to go there and I suddenly feel like I have a million words to say and not enough time to say it.
Everything here is the same but also has changed, if you understand what I’m saying. Life didn’t stand still while I was gone like it felt like it did, but yet I come back and it’s like I never left- like a weird mixture of my home being dynamic and static. The funniest thing is that highways are the weirdest to me right now, there are so many lanes across, so much traffic, so many cars, and it is such a change from travelling all around Ireland.
Am I changed person? I would say 100%. It’s like I have this new perspective on life after seeing more of the world. Now I feel like everyone needs to study abroad. It is so freeing to see the world and to go experience things you would never have even dreamed of. If I were to give advice to people teetering between doing study abroad or not, I would say absolutely do it. Don’t hesitate. Yes, it may be scary and terrifying to think about, but looking back on it, the nerves were gone within a day. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity that you need to take advantage of. You will learn so many things about yourself and others, and you get to learn all about a separate part of the world! It is an experience that I would do again and again if I had the opportunity.