Syncing to a new pace
Slowly but surely you start to compare. Compare the place you have been all your life which is your "home"; to the place you are now which is already termed "foreign" in your head. There are both saints and devils at play when comparison begins in your little head during the vacant hours of night. Of course, you won't like the new smooth road if you get a speed breaker before you were able to anticipate it. I bet, everything seeming so lovely for months will suddenly seem fake to you when the beauty stares at you routinely. The classic imposter feeling is definitely going to creep in when everyone else talks in German and you are left in the corner feeling small for not being able to fully participate in the conversation which seems the only way to be social. For all these little moments that I witness, I want to tell myself to breathe and remember the good stuff - fresh healthy air, clean water, good roads, and above all the amazing opportunity to learn. Breath...