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Since I got in at my old school, I discover that High School was an exchange to finish High School in another country. This was in 2012. In 2019, the year that I will try the exchange, I was presenting work then suddenly, the coordinator got into my classroom and told that the exchange was cancelled that year. After that, I finish my presentation and running away. I was very sad because after all those years preparing myself for the exchange, he was cancelled. Months after this happened, another opportunity appears: an extension project where we spent some time studying about a theme (in the year the theme was Territory), and we spend a week in another state. It was not what I want from the beginning, but I thought, why not try this? And guess what? I made it and was there what everything happened. Me and more five people went to this exchange. When I first got to the bus station, I saw Theo (the boy who was hosting me) and his family, they were so lovely and took me home. During the way, I start to think ‘’Why I am here?’’ and feel insecure because I was afraid that I would not do any connection with them or enjoy my exchange. We got home, have lunch and Theo decided to take me to know another place, and with us, my insecurity came together. Before we took the bus, he went to a pharmacy and buy embarrassing things, at this moment he starts to tell me about him and his life. We took the bus, talk a lot, got in our destination and find his friends. At the end of the day, I was calm and I feel that the conversation we have connect us some way. The next day my nightmare started: school. I got into a class, at the end of the year, where anyone knows me. I can say that my first day was pretty bad, but I don’t give up. The days were passing, each day me and Theo became closer, we were creating a great relationship. At school, I start to talk with some people, I thought they were very funny and I laughed off his jokes a lot, maybe that was what makes me approach them. Out of school, me, Theo and our friends looking for something to do, and in the end, we always were meeting someplace in the city. I tough my nightmare was the first day of school, but not, the worst day for me was when I realize that four days have passed and I only have three more. Then I start to feel anxious because there was so much that I want to do and I wouldn’t have enough time, so I decided to calm down and just enjoy what I could. Same routine every day, woke up, take the bus, talk, get in school, laughter of my classmates, make fun with the teachers, lunch, hang out to somewhere and go back home. Every day seems the same but was very different and I appreciate every moment of them. The last day came, we went to the bus station and start to say goodbye, I confess, I cry a lot saying goodbye for Theo, I feel that I was leaving something behind, and later I discover what this means. When I got there, I was a different person, insecure and don’t trust myself, I thought that I don’t make a difference on people's life, but when I was leaving, I realise that when I say goodbye I let this girl behind and the space for a new girl were opened. Before I got home I received messages from my classmates, Theo and my family saying amazing things to me. I get home feeling so loved and the most important, I feel free! Realizing about the trip, I fight against my fears and made amazing connections, but the most important, I connect to myself, I find a new girl, a girl that I don’t expect, who is getting better every day. In the end, I didn’t expect to find myself, but I do!