I've spent the last 20+ months in Kiev.
It's been almost two straight years of living abroad and I have zero regrets, zero home sickness, nothing.
I had a funny misunderstanding when Skyping with my mom last week, I started telling her how thankful I am for my life and what I have.
She interpreted this to mean that Ukraine had humbled me and that I might be considering coming back to the US after living in such a poor country.
What I actually meant by being thankful was that permanently relocating to Kiev was the best decision I had ever made in my life. I've never been so happy to wake up everyday. To eat the food, to work at a job with cool people, to have these friends... the depression, frustration and sense of hopelessness I had living in California has been purged and replaced by a daily happiness and optimism for life.
Just thinking about having to go back home, god forbid a family member passes away, for a week or two gives me shivers of anguish.
It's been almost two straight years of living abroad and I have zero regrets, zero home sickness, nothing.
I had a funny misunderstanding when Skyping with my mom last week, I started telling her how thankful I am for my life and what I have.
She interpreted this to mean that Ukraine had humbled me and that I might be considering coming back to the US after living in such a poor country.
What I actually meant by being thankful was that permanently relocating to Kiev was the best decision I had ever made in my life. I've never been so happy to wake up everyday. To eat the food, to work at a job with cool people, to have these friends... the depression, frustration and sense of hopelessness I had living in California has been purged and replaced by a daily happiness and optimism for life.
Just thinking about having to go back home, god forbid a family member passes away, for a week or two gives me shivers of anguish.
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