So I was chatting to a friend of mine - post move friend - and I came to realise that this entire experience has been a massive social development for me. Back in the UK I'd grown into a comfort zone with my friends - good friends - and I was happily going along in my rut with my friends heading towards my goals. Now we're going to get a bit metaphorical here but bear with the metaphor for at least a little while.
So I'm in this rut and I'm getting more assured in my social life, so I start picking up speed, going along faster and faster then suddenly this tranatlantic move appears like a stone in the rut. I'm at this point going too fast to avoid it and soon I'm out of the rut and onto the rough path - some areas pathless.
Okay metaphor over maybe, but you get it right? I was ripped out of my comfort zone and pushed into uncharted territory. I had to fend for myself socially. I could hear my friends back in the rut but I couldn't get back. So I strode on. I used my experience to forge on ahead - no rut this time. I was staying in the unknown and going ahead. I still am.
Right now okay metaphor is finally over. From my experiences back in the UK, I developed myself a brilliant new adventurous social life in the US. I learnt from my mistakes. I won't say it's been perfect but it's been a whole lot better than my start to high school was back in the UK. And I wouldn't go back and not emigrate.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Hello New World
Well more like "Hi again, New World"
I've decided after the best part of a year in America that I should finally start the blog that I have been considering writing for a long time. I don't know what I'm going to write here or how often I'm going to write here but I guess that will come to me. So to begin with I say hello. I say hello to the new world that I have been part of for just over 11 months.
It's been an interesting 11 months to say the least. I've developed so very much as an individual within that time and I've learnt so much about myself and the world. I've made decisions I regret and decisions that I stand by. So much has happened. However I'll probably keep you all in suspense about that.
So I'll give myself a brief introduction as a 17 year old English expatriate who moved across the pond as probably the largest change of his life so far. Many things yet await me and you'll almost certainly hear about them on this blog so stay tuned I suppose. The next post could arrive at literally any point in time.
I've decided after the best part of a year in America that I should finally start the blog that I have been considering writing for a long time. I don't know what I'm going to write here or how often I'm going to write here but I guess that will come to me. So to begin with I say hello. I say hello to the new world that I have been part of for just over 11 months.
It's been an interesting 11 months to say the least. I've developed so very much as an individual within that time and I've learnt so much about myself and the world. I've made decisions I regret and decisions that I stand by. So much has happened. However I'll probably keep you all in suspense about that.
So I'll give myself a brief introduction as a 17 year old English expatriate who moved across the pond as probably the largest change of his life so far. Many things yet await me and you'll almost certainly hear about them on this blog so stay tuned I suppose. The next post could arrive at literally any point in time.
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