Friends, Living Abroad, and Traveling
You may have noticed that the blog has been quiet the majority of the past two weeks and for this I apologize. Going silent isn’t the best way to build an audience and while I don’t have any truly great excuse as to why I haven’t been writing, the honest answer is that I just haven’t felt compelled. Two weeks ago was the end of the semester at my school and with that came changes, people coming and friends leaving. I started to become extremely jaded with the whole idea of living abroad and traveling with no permanent home base. And while 95 percent of the time I enjoy my lifestyle and would choose it over a cubicle job in the same city for the next 20 years, living abroad and long term travel comes with its downsides. The one that causes me the most pain? Friendships. Read more