Chase Henry

Bienvenidos! It’s been one full week living in Spain, and as you can imagine, it has been one hell of a rollercoaster. I spent almost a week in Barcelona on vacation last year, but I am quickly learning that vacationing somewhere and living somewhere are not the same thing. During vacation, we are living at an unsustainable high – eating tapas all day and drinking cervezas all night with little regard for our lives back home. As I am trying to understand this concept, I have been on a rollercoaster of emotion: excitement, exhaustion, adventure, homesickness, fomo, and the recurring question “What the f**k am I doing?!?”

Written in big letters on my refrigerator whiteboard is the phrase “How you feel today does not dictate how you will feel tomorrow.” This helps me take it day by day. I have good days, bad days, and worse days. Knowing that there is potential for a better day tomorrow helps me stay hopeful.