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I need to stop searching for the city that is The One. Stop asking for any place to be my only. Learn to appreciate what each spot on the map has done to help me become who I am, even when I don’t like their scent or speech pattern.

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I thought I would be independent and do my own thing and enjoy the sanguinity of being alone and having the liberty to make my own decisions. But I never thought that I would ache for company every single day, just for someone to listen to me to rant away.

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My dog, to the point where I’ve asked my mom to make her FaceTime me

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Living abroad almost always means there will be loved ones left behind. But expats also miss the landscapes, the cities, and the weather of home.

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But in that moment I didn’t think the school was the problem I thought I was.

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Try it: in a moment of loneliness, exhale, sit back, and stop fighting. 

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It’s learning every day that you can survive anywhere, but you can only truly live at home.

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When you’re homesick for a person, you cannot find where you belong unless it’s with one another, making a dwelling in one another’s hearts, one another’s souls.

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Just like in a relationship, you find yourself in the “honeymoon stage” of a new country within the first couple months…that is until your unfolded the little blemishes and “not so enjoyable” parts that have yet become so obvious.

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It’s impossible to get rid of the travel bug once you start. You realize how big the world is and how many places you must see before you die. Like any addiction, it is difficult to overcome.