New Eyes

You wake up one day. You walk out of your house. You suddenly realize that the sounds are new, weather feels a bit different, and things don’t look same. It slowly sinks in that this is new place that you will call home in near future.

How should one approach this phase of life?

I think you should keep it simple:

1)      What’s new is new – it’s not necessarily good or bad. Look at things with new eyes. Suspend your judgment at start and experience new things.

2)      Find a balance between continuity (things which give you a link with past) and experiencing new things (source of learning).

3)      Be intentional but be prepared to be surprised every day for a certain period of time. I have given myself 3 months for big surprises – that will spring up day by day. But frankly you need to have seen through a cycle of atleast one complete year before you start feeling settled in.

4)      Give yourself a few targets and have a few boundary conditions you will work within, e.g. –health and fitness is a constant I will keep on focusing on through this period.

5)      Ensure that you keep on focusing on family and relationships, and build your social circle at new place. They are a constant through anything.

And yes –I must also share what I feel about Seattle till now. I think there’s a lot of stuff to do and learn here. It also seems to be a very good place to live in.  J

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Sourav