What I Learned From My First Solo International Trip

Traveling, learning, and occasionally stumbling

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Webster’s Dictionary defines velleity as “The lowest degree of volition… a slight wish or tendency.” And throughout most of my life, that’s what the idea of travel was for me. It was a concept floating out of reach — intriguing yet never quite enticing enough to leap for.

These past few years, I’ve felt a growing wanderlust well inside me.…