I moved from Texas to Europe 11 years ago. Here are my 5 biggest pros and cons of living abroad.

Leah Young.

Courtesy of Leah Young Leah Young moved from Texas to Spain in 2015 to become a teaching assistant.

What was meant to be a one-year stay has turned into a permanent life in Europe.

Young, who now lives in France, said living abroad has come with its ups and downs.

Leah Young always dreamed of moving to Europe , but when the opportunity finally came, taking the leap was terrifying.

"I had never lived abroad , and I didn't know anyone else who had," Young, 34, told Business Insider.

"I remember thinking, 'How practical is this, really?'" It was 2015, and she was moving to Spain , a country worlds away from Texas, to work as a teaching assistant.

It didn't matter that she had never been there or worked as a teacher before or that the $700 a month she would earn might not cover all her living expenses.

For her, it was a chance to finally live abroad.

What was meant to be only a year away from home turned into another year, then another, and more.

During that time, she lived in Spain and traveled through Germany, Argentina, and Brazil.

Last year, she moved to Lyon, France , a place she says finally "feels like home." Young says she has become an expert at starting over after going through all its ups and downs.

Here are five of the biggest pros and cons of living abroad, according to Young.

Living abroad makes you a more well-rounded person… Young at the Eiffel Tower.