Did moving to Europe solve all my problems?
No.
Was it exactly what I needed at that point in my life?
Yes.
Hey everyone! I'm Dana and you're watching Wanted Adventure Living Abroad.
When I first moved from Florida in the USA to Europe, I was fresh out of college, fresh
out of a series of back-to-back relationships that left me feeling a little empty, and fresh
out of pretty much any idea what direction to go in life.
Figuratively I was lost, so I thought that if perhaps I went and actually got lost -- flew
halfway across the world and showed up in a new country without a map and without a
clue, well then, maybe I would end up finding myself somewhere in all of that.
And I did, but it took longer than expected.
And it was a little complicated.
As I mentioned in this video here, I went through 5 major stages when I moved abroad.
And stage number one was the honeymoon stage.
In this stage everything was wonderful, everything was amazing.
I lived first in Prague, by the way, and during this stage, everything was done better in Prague.
I was head over heels in love with the city.
So because of this wonderful, euphoric feeling, I made the mistake of thinking that I had
successfully run away from my fears, my concerns, my loneliness, and my anxieties.
Only to have them come slamming into me full force later on down the road once the realness
and challenges of living abroad set in.
And when that happened I now found myself in the middle of winter, in a place that was
much colder and grayer than I was used to, mostly alone, with a 6 hour or more time difference
and thousands of miles between me and my closest friends and family.
But I was also surrounded by the most beautiful city I had ever seen in my entire life and
plenty of miles of cobblestone streets to walk along and sort out my thoughts.
And it turned out that actually in addition to those cobblestone streets, having some
time alone in the world and even some gloomy skies was just exactly what I personally
needed at that time.
Now everyone is different, and everyone's experience going abroad is going to be different,
sometimes even wildly different within one's own lifetime.
When I studied in Spain for example, just a year and a half earlier, it had been a disaster,
and I'd run home in tears.
Not the right trip for me, not the right time.
So just because moving to Prague was what I needed, does not mean it'll be what you
need, nor does it mean it'll necessarily be what I need again at some point in the future.
But I'm a person that really, really loves being around other people, so I don't think
that back in 2008 I would have be able to force myself to take that alone time, or even
to recognize just how much I really needed that time to myself if I had stayed in Florida
with friends and my family just a short drive away.
And as for the gloomy skies, it just kind of felt right to me to have them during that time.
So my question for you is: Has moving or traveling ever helped you sort through your thoughts
or been just what you needed?
Please let know in the comments below.
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Until next time, auf Wiedersehen!
Wonderful! Everything was amazing. I...
And pretty much fresh out of, no.
Happy travels.
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