If you know me, you know I love planning. Birthdays, nights out, nights in, trips, gifts…you name it, I’ve probably planned it. And it’s not because I’m a rigid person who needs things to go perfectly and well-timed. It’s more because I like being the one to get a group together for some fun- be …
As you might’ve read already, my first experience as a workaway was no fairy tale thanks to two young boys. But they weren’t always bad, which is why when my family and friends asked how I was doing with them, I began to refer to them as sour patch kids-sour one minute, sweet the next. …
Coming from the stage of my life where lifelong friends are made from just asking, “What’s your major?” I was a tad worried to see what the next phase would entail. But traveling alone means you sometimes have to have courage in order to meet new people and common sense to be smart about the …
Lesson #1 : Don’t put off something you really want to do or need to do. This is something that’s always been said at my house, but procrastination, fear, and upright laziness still get the best of me at times. My first full day in Alella, I was dead tired and decided to take a rest …
When I first started writing this, I was sitting on my couch, thinking of the big change that awaits me, that will inevitably be filled with excitement and challenges. I’ve already had many crying spurts throughout the day, hoping my mom doesn’t see. I know if she does, neither of us will stop. The past …