5 Tips to Beat Pre-travel Anxiety

5 Tips to Beat Pre-travel Anxiety

Make your departure stress-free by following these steps. 
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Choosing a City to Live in Abroad

Choosing a City to Live in Abroad

Why the big city life won’t dazzle you like a smaller city can.      
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Making My Inevitable

Making My "Inevitable"

A dream life abroad wasn't going to just happen. I was going to have to work for it. 
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Making the Most of Your New Home Abroad

Making the Most of Your New Home Abroad

Don't forget that you're a tourist as well as a local. 
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3 Reasons You Should Use an Au Pair Agency

3 Reasons You Should Use an Au Pair Agency

Why using an agency to find a job can alter your experience abroad. 
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5 Differences Between Teaching in Thailand & Taiwan

5 Differences Between Teaching in Thailand & Taiwan

Choosing between the two countries? Here's what to consider.
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The Top 5 Myths About Japan

The Top 5 Myths About Japan

How my expectations differed from reality. 
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From One Island to Another

From One Island to Another

The top three things you'll learn from moving abroad.
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Life in the South African Bush

Life in the South African Bush

I'd never lived outside a city. Now, I live amongst wild animals.  
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Aint No Mountain High Enough

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

When climbing to new heights means conquering a fear. 
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3 Steps to Settling in Tokyo

3 Steps to Settling in Tokyo

Every day, I'm learning something new about my home in Japan. 
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5 Tips on How to Improve Your Mandarin Learning

5 Tips on How to Improve Your Mandarin Learning

Some tricks that have helped me along the way.
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8 Things Im No Longer Scared of After Volunteering Abroad

8 Things I'm No Longer Scared of After Volunteering Abroad

Volunteering abroad brings whole new meaning to the phrase "first-world problems."
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The First Steps to Working Abroad

The First Steps to Working Abroad

Here's what I've learned it takes to make it in a new country. 
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Escaping the Nine-to-Five Grind

Escaping the Nine-to-Five Grind

I wanted to go abroad, but I didn't want to teach English. Here's what I did instead. 
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A Ceremony Ill Never Forget

A Ceremony I'll Never Forget

I was invited to help light a fire; little did I know that it would help light a fire within. 
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Cultural Differences Between China & America

Cultural Differences Between China & America

I'm learning the cultural norms now to save face later. 
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Helping Children to Overcome Obstacles in Peru

Helping Children to Overcome Obstacles in Peru

I wanted to help—but first, I had to overcome a big fear. 
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Humbled on the Farm

Humbled on the Farm

Kyle reflects on the power of humility abroad. 
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Japan Bound

Japan Bound

Exact destination? Unknown. 
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