Enough has been written on the
flashy and exciting side of travelling. Sure, there is no feeling like
exploring the world, meeting new people, experiencing new customs and learning
about different cultures. However, there are also some other realities of
travelling that no one talks about. In the excitement of planning for our new
life, no one discusses the feeling of returning back to the place from where
you once started your journey.
Thanks to the emerging e-commerce
services, settling in a new place is no longer as nerve wrecking as it once
used to be. From finding accommodations to finding jobs to dealing
with cultural shocks, a lot has been written online to smoothen your settling
at a new place. However, what to do when you land back to the place where you
once planned your entire journey is something that needs to be talked about as
well.
It has generally been noticed that
the first initial weeks of coming back to your home town is almost as exciting
as visiting a new place. When you return home, you have your reunions, you
spend your first few weeks meeting and greeting your friends and family trying
to catch up on all the thrilling and exciting stories that you missed during
your travel. You may find great things happened to your friends and colleagues
while you were away. All of a sudden, you realize that re-adjusting to your old
life is more challenging than it was to start a new life at a completely new
place.
It becomes difficult to act like
your old self when in just a span of a journey you have explored your new self.
You may hear comments from your loved ones like, you look just the same and you
haven’t changed even in a bit; when deep down inside you know that you have
transformed into an entirely different person that looks exactly the same from
outside but thinks exactly the opposite. How to communicate these changes with
your loved ones and most importantly how to develop acceptability of your new
self in your old life remains a mystery as yet.
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