My Danish Story

In order to close out my post abroad, re-entry experience, I wanted to create a digital story. Please find it in the link below!

My digital narrative that I created to communicate my story about my time in Copenhagen has an underlying message of flexibility. I intentionally leaned into being flexible while abroad. Six hours after landing in Copenhagen, I found myself locked in the bathroom, sitting on the ground, on the verge of tears because I was overwhelmed with the fact that I was so far from my family, and I was already experiencing culture shock.

But I recognized the moment as a deciding moment that would define my attitude for the rest of my four months in Copenhagen, and decided to lean in. Flexibility is not my main mode of operation, but each day in Copenhagen, I decided to be a little more flexible and step a little further out of my comfort zone, testing the new language, seeking new cross cultural experiences, or simply saying yes to whatever new adventure my host family had planned for that day.