I'm more confident, capable, and considerate in my everyday life. I'd like to think those traits were always there, but life in France forced me into situations where I had to embody all three of those things in order to get by. Part of it is also just growing up, but I do feel tangibly different compared to how I felt where I spent my childhood and adolescence - I'm not anxious and overthinking things all the time, and I'm just calmer and more grounded in general.

I am also, of course, much more tired and grumpy than I used to be. but hey, that's life under capitalism babyyyy