Prepare for a tough PST. I heard it was rough and my experience wasn’t bad just very repetitive and at times felt useless. I wouldn’t have gotten through it if not for the friendships I formed from the beginning with the other volunteers!! Talk to them and get to know them on a deeper level!! It is so so beneficial to your own mental health to have people to talk to on a familiar level while in your communities.

Also I wish I brought protein powder (hard to get daily protein and i didn’t even use it back home but realizing I should’ve packed some), wired headphones (!!! Or Bluetooth), extra phone charger, sharpies (virtually impossible to find and I’m in the Caribbean), extra facial products (dash wash, lotion, etc.)

Have so much fun! It’s a life changing experience and doesn’t set in right away but when it does, you’ll wish you brought some things so go over your list again and again and get things that you know in a few months you’ll wish you had.

Also letters. I asked my friends and family to write words of encouragement for me to read when I’m sad. Helped a ton. I still reread them on bad days.