I may not have traveled as far as
China but moving from Novato, California to Chicago, Illinois was a huge change
for me. I no longer needed a car to get around and I have never lived so far
away from my parents. Most of my friends went to colleges in California and could
easily drive back home for a weekend. However, I wanted to go somewhere that
was new and was an actual city. I was really excited to move to Chicago but I
wasn't excited about the coming weather change. I constantly got worried about
getting lost or getting off the train at a bad part of Chicago. The thing that
scared me the most about moving to Chicago was making new friends.
I had to adjust a lot if I wanted
live in Chicago and become a permanent resident. Like Peter Hessler I had to be
patient with myself and push myself to be more open with people I hardly knew
and to also be patient with them too. I may have not had a difference in
language like Hessler but I was really good at being a loner and if you’re a
loner you usually don't like to go out and do things. So I pushed myself to go
outside and try to get to know the city. I got lost many times but I wasn’t
scared to ask someone how to get somewhere or just get lost so that I could
find some place that hardly anybody knew about. Like Hessler I was trying to
become a native but sometimes I felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb.
Mimi Zycherman
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