I love this! It’s interesting to read your journey and reflect on my own and it’s similarities. I’m Canadian and I had no friends at 17 after being ditched at prom by my best friends at the time. I graduated high school with no friends at all and spent the next 2 years alone and insecure. Then, out of nowhere I found myself becoming friends with an amazing and dynamic group of people who I love to death. I travelled a whole bunch, lived in England, met my first boyfriend, and then, just recently I did something crazy. I moved to Greece! I’m finishing off a medical program here while living with my bf and one and a half months in of being terrified of having 0 friends again and I just came from a night out of sushi with 9 of my classmates!

My younger self was such a head down kind of girl and now I’m the girl who raises their hand in class, goes shopping after class with their friends, etc etc... not only that, I’ve had some local success back home as a standup comedian? I don’t even know... 10 years ago I would have been mortified if you told me that.

Lately my boyfriend and I have started using chopsticks at home while learning Japanese because our next big move is going to be... you guessed it. Japan!!

I hope the next 10 years goes by just as well OP!