Over at John Hamilton’s Life and Times blog is a great post on the stages or emotions you go through when moving from one place to another. As John says:
So you might know about the seven stages of grief, especially if you’ve had a relative go through a bad illness or someone close to you died. Denial, bargaining, acceptance… It’s important to know this stuff and you should: http://changingminds.org/disciplines/change_management/kubler_ross/kubler_ross.htm
Well, apparently there are seven stages of emotions you go through when you move as well. Especially with an international move.
You might think: well, there is a big difference between dying and moving. True. But moving is highly disruptive and stressful. Anyone considering a big move like John’s would be advised to check this out.
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I still remember myself having a conversation with a friend back in August 1996, one month after I moved to Canada, unemployed and happy, saying: “I don’t know why people say it’s so difficult to adapt, I feel at home here”. Five months later, working in Montreal, after a snowstorm and braving some indecently low temperatures, asking myself: why on Earth I decided to come here? Winter is the perfect wake-up call to leave stage 5!
Ha! Plus, Monteal in winter is no picnic!
Glad you stayed, though!