What Is It Like To Move To A New Place?

Passion drives us to do our best, but we need the courage to face what is the worst, and that is exactly what helps us when we move to a new place.

For many students, getting into a particular university means moving to a new neighborhood, city or country. Going away from home, away from one’s friends and family is definitely not something which everyone can muster the courage to go through.

Before we jump to the main part:

Here, I am not restricting the talk only to the hostel life which many teenagers have to face as they move. I am also addressing situations when an entire family shifts to a new place, or for that matter even grown-ups get a better job offer and give living in an entirely different place a chance. There aren’t any boundaries to this discussion because the underlying feeling is of being home-sick or missing friends in some case, and in some instances, family and just the environment that once surrounded one.

Being a student at a college which has people from so many different states has taught me a lot about the culture that they bring in. This culture is not just about their lifestyle and their set of values and beliefs but also about the simple culture of BEING STRONG as they live independently. It is important to stay connected to our family back home, because avoiding them just increases the pent up emotions of feeling homesick. In fact talking to them will make one feel better.

However if there is one thing that I wish I could see getting done in a different way, it would be how people tend not to tell the problems they are facing to their parents because it would be very stressful for them and get them worried. While I respect the concern, I have also seen quite some problems getting magnified because they weren’t communicated to the parents of the person facing them. When the obstacle is huge, share it with them; they are there to help.

What I think helps in a new place:

Shifting to a new place isn’t easy, despite having your family with you. You have to start from scratch when it comes to making acquaintances and new friends, and you carry the entire baggage of the past in terms of your relations with people in the city or state or country you lived in, before. But the truth is that these difficult times bring you closer to your family and at times to your own self. Do not be in a rush to find new ‘best friends’ like you had before. Make friends first, so you get a tour about how the place is and an idea about it. But do not rush into blindly trusting people for the sake of being helped. Be your own fortress during this time and learn how to enjoy solitude, it is a beautiful experience.

Not everyone can be a pro at living far from home, without our family or friends but that is something which we all obviously learn. Passion drives us to do our best, but we need the courage to face what is the worst, and that is exactly what helps us when we move to a new place.