When you move to a new place, people assume that it is the first week or two that are the hardest. While this might seem logical, I have found that this if often not the case. Yes, during the first few weeks you miss you friends, your familiar places, but there is also excitement in the air. Excitement for starting a new chapter of your life, discovering a new place, meeting new people. The first few weeks in a new place you are in a sort of haze; everything is happening so quickly. For me, the hardest weeks were always the weeks after the first few, the weeks when you were starting to feel a little bit settled in. This is because once you start to get to know a new place, you start to miss specific things about the place you used to live.
At the start of your move, you miss the big things; your old friends, your old school, your old home. The longing hurts, but unfortunately, it will get even worse before it gets better. After a few weeks you start to miss the little things; your friends warm hug, your comfort food from the supermarket around the corner, your amazing English teacher to help you with your essay. These little things accumulate to one big thing; you want to go back. You want to go back to what you knew, to what felt so right. At this point in the move, for me at least, I was always a emotional wreck. Crying into my pillow at night, blaming everything on my parents because they "made" me move. And then, after a few weeks of this, it always became better.
It becomes better once you see the good things about the new place you live in. Seeing the good things takes a while, but once you see them, you start to appreciate them. You find a new group of great friends, you find out that your new Maths teacher is super helpful, and you find new places to buy your comfort food. So what do I want to see with this post? It does get better. Are you going through the first stages of a new move right now? If so, just know that it's alright to feel sad, to miss your old place, but also try to see the good things. Explore your new home, keep busy, so that you spend less time thinking about the things that you miss. Soon, I promise, the place which now still seems foreign to you, will become your new home.
At the start of your move, you miss the big things; your old friends, your old school, your old home. The longing hurts, but unfortunately, it will get even worse before it gets better. After a few weeks you start to miss the little things; your friends warm hug, your comfort food from the supermarket around the corner, your amazing English teacher to help you with your essay. These little things accumulate to one big thing; you want to go back. You want to go back to what you knew, to what felt so right. At this point in the move, for me at least, I was always a emotional wreck. Crying into my pillow at night, blaming everything on my parents because they "made" me move. And then, after a few weeks of this, it always became better.
It becomes better once you see the good things about the new place you live in. Seeing the good things takes a while, but once you see them, you start to appreciate them. You find a new group of great friends, you find out that your new Maths teacher is super helpful, and you find new places to buy your comfort food. So what do I want to see with this post? It does get better. Are you going through the first stages of a new move right now? If so, just know that it's alright to feel sad, to miss your old place, but also try to see the good things. Explore your new home, keep busy, so that you spend less time thinking about the things that you miss. Soon, I promise, the place which now still seems foreign to you, will become your new home.
