the pause button

so i keep seeing all the status updates and new blog posts for my friends that are getting ready to go back to the states and it makes me miss all my home diggidies.

i talked to a girl yesterday that had just returned to poland after a few months of fund raising in the states. she said that everyone had changed and everything was different from when she was here before. i told her it's because she made a rookie mistake in international living. she totally forgot to push pause before she left.

i always push pause before i leave a place. it makes it easier to return to a place. all the people are the same just like i left them and all the places are the same and are still there. i know what to expect when i return. it's good. it's the best of both worlds. i can visit a new place and new people for a while and then know that i'm not missing anything on the other side of the world.

so for all you rookie international livers (liver tastes disgusting... why people want to eat the part of the animal that filters all the waste products is beyond me... but i digress)...

international livers and travelers in general... Always remember to push pause before you leave.