homesickness

If you’ve ever seen the Instagram page of someone studying abroad, you’ll most likely notice an array of beautiful landscapes, mouth-watering foods, eye-popping portraits, and wonderful experiences. It’s easy to…

This week I explored the London Design Festival which means that I spent a lot of time searching out as many art installations as I could before they all closed. This…

I was diagnosed with anxiety eight years ago. This isn’t just “nerves” or “stress,” but it is a debilitating feeling of being overwhelmed and incapable. I have no formal training…

For me, it took four days before I was able to get over my culture shock and homesickness. Admittedly, I went into the study abroad experience thinking culture shock wouldn’t…

Studying abroad is a big decision that can raise a number of worries, concerns and fears. During the decision making process, students may feel like they are alone in their…

Being homesick isn’t what I imagined. To me, it hasn’t been the urge to go home or an extreme longing for the familiar. It doesn’t have me counting down the…

Don’t be fooled: This isn’t one of those generic, overly upbeat listicles detailing X number of ways to get over culture shock when you first arrive to your study abroad…

Okay guys, let’s get serious here for a second. Today, something unexpected happened. I became terribly homesick. Okay, so not totally unexpected, but I definitely wasn’t expecting it to hit…