ABSTRACT
Through my study abroad experience, I feel I have grown exponentially in a few specific areas in my everyday life. Before my abroad experience, I feel that I was going through the motions of life; I would spend endless hours studying each week, hang out with the same people, have the same daily routines, and look at the same scenes around campus and at home. I had gotten completely comfortable about everything in my everyday life. I was comfortable with continuing the same relationships, continuing similar classes, and continuing at the same school and social scene for the past two years. Needless to say, I was taking for granted a lot of the things in my life because of the ease I felt around them. This old way of life was haggard and needed a change. This was why I chose to go abroad in the fall of 2011. I felt that this would give me the boost I needed to be able to get through the next two wonderful years in college and really enjoy them.
