While on my school's semester abroad, I found out what the joys of life and freedom were. The ability to just go out and roam free in a place where you are foreign too. Almost as if you're an explorer discovering new worlds. After coming back, I long for that feeling again. I want to go out and discover again. That's the feeling i've had for pretty much this whole year. Too bad life's responsibilities are currently getting in the way.
For me, there was always a certain freedom in going elsewhere because it allowed me to be "anonymous." Nobody knew me, nobody needed me to "do" things, nobody had any expectations.
I was a completely different person when I went abroad specifically for the fact that I was "anonymous." Those people did not know me and I knew that I was going to be there temporarily. It's definitely a shift in mindset.