The most important decision I have made in my life so far was to pack up and move to another country. When I was finished high school, I wanted to experience the world. All of my friends were going off to college, and I did not feel like I was ready for this quite yet. I wanted to do more and experience more before I committed to another four years of school.

Part of my reasoning behind this is that I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do or study. I wanted to learn about other cultures and I decided to move to South America and do a little bit of studying on my own. I was going to be going to school, but it was not going to be the conventional kind that all parents want their kids to do.

I enrolled myself in Spanish School Antigua Guatemala and I packed my bags and boarded a plane. I was on my way to what would become my home for the next five years. I found that I was much happier doing this than I would have been if I had gone straight to college. And, now that I am in college, studying Anthropology, I feel that my experience has really opened my mind to learning.