It's been 1 year and a half since I moved, and recently the homesickness has increased tenfold. I was living in a different English speaking country before I moved to South America, and I never felt so homesick there.
The culture, the language, the food - I've adapted, but I feel like I'm just existing and not thriving. I've made some friends, but nothing like the close friendships I've had back home. I also physically stand out here, in terms of complexion and people can always tell I'm a foreigner. It's a fairly large, capital city, but it's not safe to go out at night alone and I'm starting to feel really locked in. I can only uber to places where there will be other people, so can't really go for a walk at night.
But I think the biggest problem is I don't feel professionally satisfied. I had a really prestigious and creatively challenging job before I moved and I've been trying to work remotely as a content and copywriter (which is my actual field), but it's been slim pickings. I've been doing projects which are grunt-work and pretty boring, but even those seemed to have dried up recently.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? How can I overcome this situation?
TL;DR: I moved from North to South America and I'm having troubles adapting, even after 1.5 years.
Submitted February 27, 2019 at 04:13PM by minetminet https://ift.tt/2BVwWDN
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