I couldn’t shake these feelings of disappointment – as if I was disappointing my team, my organization, and Albanians. You need to stay for the mission.” I continuously searched for someone else’s opinion to make me feel better about the decision to resign and return early. I kept thinking, “No, you don’t deserve to be happy. The thought of not completing my term and leaving for what I thought were selfish reasons weighed heavily on me. ![]() Someone who hates quitting in the middle of something. Leaving Albania meant that I would be ending my term early. This was a moment I should be celebrating and overjoyed about, but I felt the heaviness of guilt, disappointment and shame. I recently became engaged and made the decision to move back to North America to be closer to my fiancé and get married in the Spring. ![]() I was sitting on my bright orange couches in my small apartment in Durres, Albania and broke down in tears at thought of leaving a place that I love and that has become home for the last 3 years.
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