The Uncomfortable Art of Introducing Yourself

The honest truth about making new friends abroad, when nobody knows your name. And how to pick yourself back up when the first try didn't go so well.

Starting over is scary. For anyone that has ever moved, you know the feeling. I first felt it as a 15-year old moving for the first time.

I’ve never been shy but I had also never been “unknown.” I didn’t have people who knew me since diapers. I walked in a school where I didn’t know a single face and realized just how isolating the world can be without …