I have an opportunity to study abroad for a month this summer to study Spanish, and I am really struggling with getting myself to even begin the application. My professor is telling me it is a life-changing opportunity, it will be amazing, etc. I believe him, yet when I think about being there for a whole month having to speak a different language, and being without my family, I become overwhelmed and put off doing the application for another day. It has been months.

If I had a friend telling me these things, I would tell them that they should go anyway because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and everything. And yet, I still see myself being too overwhelmed with anxiety to even finish the application, let alone actually go.

Any advice or firsthand experience stories would be much appreciated!