People are always in a hurry to leave Nepal but they don’t seem to enjoy living abroad too.

I am old enough now, I can be on my own,” I vividly remember saying before leaving for my college dorm to pursue for my Bachelor’s degree. I was pretty excited about moving to Dhulikhel and being on my own—to experience being an adult. Why wouldn’t I be excited? It was my first time away from home. I felt it was about time that I leave my parents’ nest and start afresh. 

I live a very normal life. I have friends and I’ve always gone to school. The part that’s not normal is that I’ve been working since I was 9 months old, but at the same time, it’s completely normal to me”. This statement by Ashley Olsen must be relatable to most of us and why wouldn’t it be? After all, it’s the same monotonous life most of us, if not all of us, go through.