As more time goes by, I find it harder and harder to believe that it has already been a year since I lost a close friend while abroad. As more time elapses from that day, my whole being is taken over with shame in the fact that I still do not feeling like it is…
A week ago we had a group meeting of just TBB students no PLs in order to work on getting us out of this little slump we all seemed to be experiencing. To give us some help and support, Robin Pendoley, the founder of TBB sent us all this email that I thought I would…
On the evening of September 9th I fly out of my small hometown airport in Oregon off to D.C. to meet up with the Thinking Beyond Borders group. And although that is still 23 days and 3 hours away (as the countdown app on my phone tells me), I have been unbelievably busy trying to…
Hi, So this is me. The scary looking girl with the dark lipstick. 19 years old and about to take on the world. I know I’m not abroad yet, and therefore posting on this blog right now seems premature and irrelevant, I know. However, it does seem relevant and on brand to open up about…
When I was 5 years old we moved across the country.When I was 8 we moved across the ocean.When I was 11 we moved to the other side of the country. I learned to how to adapt to each environment. How to cater to each specific setting. Each place I’ve lived has become a section.…
1. Measurement of success is completely subjective. Measure your personal successes by comparing to what you know you’re capable of, not what others consider success. 2. As long as you put yourself out there and be 100% yourself from the beginning, making genuine new friends are not that hard. 3. Just be straight up with…
1. When you’re feeling happy realize it. Savor it. Shout it from the roof tops. 2. Don’t put all you’re problems onto your friends and make them solve it for you. You are independent and worthy of solving your own issues 3. Don’t shut down when things become too much. Work hard. Push through them.…
1. No one is simply one dimensional. We can’t be organized into groups and labeled. 2. Learn from your mistakes and move on, instead of crying over them yet not changing anything. 3. If he hurt you repeatedly he doesn’t deserve another chance. Those things will never change. 4. Sometimes there is no one available that understands…
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