Dear me,

I know how scared and nervous you are feeling right now. You are getting second thoughts about this trip and keep asking yourself why you signed up to go in the first place. Well, let me remind you.

When signing up to go on this month-long trip, you were feeling many many emotions and knew you just needed to go far away and figure things out alone. No one you knew was going to be on this trip and it was going to be a fresh start for yourself and for your mind, and you know how much you needed that.

Things have been rocky this past year and you needed something that was going to change your life for the better.

It was like a sign sent straight from God when you opened your laptop and saw the applications to study abroad in London. The timing of the trip was perfect and the duration was not too long to where you would get homesick. You knew this was what you needed to do.

It is okay to be scared and nervous, that is normal. But, I need you to know that you are going to get through those anxious moments you are feeling right now and this trip is literally going to change your life. Pray every night and thank God for getting you here and making this happen because the things you will see and the people you will meet are unbelievable, and you seriously can't thank God enough. Believe me.

Forget about all the worries you had before this trip because right now none of them matter. All that matters is figuring out what makes you happy.

Do not put your happiness in someone else's hands because we already know how that ends up. I know how worried you are about meeting new people and making friends, but trust me when I say that you have a radiant glow that comes off you and attracts people, whether you know it or not. I know how self-conscious you can get when it comes to how you look or how others look at you, but believe me, just be your normal, goofy self and everything else will fall into place.

You are going into another country, so you need to be prepared that most things will not be the way they are back at home.

People will talk differently and food will be different, but you must be open to anything because that is what will make this trip worth your while. Do not get into your same old routine. Be outgoing and spontaneous with your time here. You will not be able to see and do everything but try to. The more you do the better.

I want you to remember again the purpose of coming onto this trip.

Keep reminding yourself of that purpose and make that your goal every day. You are going to come back a changed woman, and I am so unbelievably proud of the person you are becoming. Most people do not get to experience a trip like this, and you need to use this leverage you have on them and put that into your work and lifestyle.

Try to remember every single second of this trip because it will go by in a blink of an eye. Make every moment count and find yourself and your happiness. I am so excited for you.