Killjoy Habits: Bring the Energy

Jace reflects on what it takes to be in it for the long haul.

Moving abroad comes with many challenges, most of which you don’t see coming until they’re staring right at you. It’s been a little over six months since I arrived at my new home in Spain, and I’ve spent most of that time feeling adrift.

There are days where the only people I talk to are my wife, and y’all in the Discord. My only touch points to a world outside my own.

There is little to ground me here. No classes to go to, no campus to get lost in. There aren’t any old friends to drag me out to the latest event. As a matter of fact, where are the events? How do I find them?

I needed to do something, anything that would stop me from disappearing into myself. So, naturally, I started going to the gym.