![]() I find it difficult on a daily basis to reconcile my two personalities. As such, it feels like something important to acknowledge as you, too, may go through some similar uncertainties and realizations.Īmerican Self vs. This post was originally written in 2017, but I’m bringing it back (with some updates) as this feeling has certainly permeated my experience at every stage of my abroad journey. ![]() However, we feel it’s important to highlight how, sometimes, living abroad can feel like having two opposing personalities inside of you who are constantly at odds with each other. We’ve talked about adjusting to the no pasa nada attitude and all sorts of small and big culture shocks you experience along the way. ![]() We’ve talked in the past about how we will never feel fully American again and yet we will also never truly Spanish no matter how long we spend living in Spain. This has led me to think about so many aspects of my contradiction within my personality. In so many aspects of my life, I now consider myself rather Spanish and yet I know that I will never fully shed my American roots either (not that I would want to). Once you open your heart and mind to a new country and culture as your home, it changes you in ways you might not expect. Even though I’m one of those people who would say that “I really found myself while living abroad” in Spain, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily easy for me to know or accept who I am today.
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