Living on Spanish Time

Living on Spanish Time
Americans are geared to get things done, always looking to what's next. Spaniards are geared towards appreciating what's now, like the people they are with. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock
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The way I viewed time changed in 2007 when I quit my desk job, threw some essentials in a large suitcase, and moved 5,000 miles east to a town I’d never heard of in southern Spain.

I arrived in Jaén with only one real responsibility: teach English. But I brought my own to-do list, of course. Toward the top was learning Spanish and soaking in Andalusian culture.

Julia Ubbenga
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