By Jennifer Spielmann, Switzerland
Before you’re starting with your study abroad, you aren’t thinking about anything els
e other than your upcoming journey, even when you know that you have no future plans after coming back from your long trip. After arriving at our destinations, we are all trying to enjoy the amazing time we have here in Santa Barbara, but sometimes while you are here with friends, you are starting to think about what is next, what is coming after EF when you go home. There are so many questions and only you can answer them.
When I started here in EF Santa Barbara, I knew that when I was going home in February, that I would have to look for a job, but I thought it was a long way into the future, so why the rush? The months have passed and soon I am leaving this pretty place, still enjoying the time I have with my friends here, but I am also getting scared to go home because I don’t have a plan. I am not sure what I should do when I go back. The only thing I know now is that I have to look for a job so I can save some money to come to America again.
The process of deciding what you want to do is difficult but you have to go through it by yourself. Sure, you can ask somebody for 
help but still you have to know what you really want to do. I would say that this topic is very important to think about because it is our future. I have one more week here and I am trying to pack as many memories I can into the time left. I will work on my future when I get hom
ways have friendships with only Swiss people. At the beginning of the time here, I was literally doing everything with Swiss people, but after a month, I started to hang out with people from other countries, which was a very great way to get to know other cultures. I get to know new students in my classes every day, which also helps me to practice my English. The people are all kind and so friendly. I have had the best experience and the most wonderful adventure.
It is going to be hard to say goodbye because we all have to leave one day, but what we can take with us is that we all will have friends all over the world now. So now I h
ave to go on a world trip. Through this adventure with EF we build new friendships, some of them will last long time and other will end, but at least we had the chance to get to know these amazing people.
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