Out of Comfort Zone
When people move from one place to another, some kind of discomfort will probably occur to him or her. This is especially true if the person moves out from their own comfort zone.
Just imagine yourself as a successful young worker. You have a nice job and a friendly working atmosphere. You have a great vehicle and a nice place to live in. You have a bunch of friends and most importantly your family are always there to support you. You have a healthy diet, and your salary is just fine.
Then try to picture yourself, suddenly you have to leave all of those and start living in a new place where you had never been before. You are determined to do such a drastic step in your life because you believe that your choice is utterly beneficial for your own future as well as your family's well-being.
Try to imagine that just in a matter of hours, you suddenly find yourself rather helpless. You have no permanent place to stay. You even cannot speak the local language of your new place very well. You don't know where to go for shopping and you have the slightest idea of how to travel using the public transport.
You start to regret your decision to move. You keep feeling homesick and sad, perhaps you will lose some weight as well.
I am not talking about myself, though there may be some similarities with my own case. But what drove me to write this article is the sadness and shockness of some of my new friends who just came here from Indonesia. They cannot hide these feelings from their faces. They definitely miss their families and their loved ones back home. All of the sudden, they had to live in my other friends' flats as temporary accomodations. They had to immediately accept the fact that almost anything here is 5 times more expensive than usual. They must not complain the different food and meals served here, although more and more Indonesian restaurants are opened nowadays.
All of these are just temporary. I am sure they will be just fine in no time.
Just imagine yourself as a successful young worker. You have a nice job and a friendly working atmosphere. You have a great vehicle and a nice place to live in. You have a bunch of friends and most importantly your family are always there to support you. You have a healthy diet, and your salary is just fine.
Then try to picture yourself, suddenly you have to leave all of those and start living in a new place where you had never been before. You are determined to do such a drastic step in your life because you believe that your choice is utterly beneficial for your own future as well as your family's well-being.
Try to imagine that just in a matter of hours, you suddenly find yourself rather helpless. You have no permanent place to stay. You even cannot speak the local language of your new place very well. You don't know where to go for shopping and you have the slightest idea of how to travel using the public transport.
You start to regret your decision to move. You keep feeling homesick and sad, perhaps you will lose some weight as well.
I am not talking about myself, though there may be some similarities with my own case. But what drove me to write this article is the sadness and shockness of some of my new friends who just came here from Indonesia. They cannot hide these feelings from their faces. They definitely miss their families and their loved ones back home. All of the sudden, they had to live in my other friends' flats as temporary accomodations. They had to immediately accept the fact that almost anything here is 5 times more expensive than usual. They must not complain the different food and meals served here, although more and more Indonesian restaurants are opened nowadays.
All of these are just temporary. I am sure they will be just fine in no time.
posted by Irfan at 1:37 am
2 Comments:
Wah Irfan, tulisanmu mengingatkanku pada keputusan aku pindah ke IT audit firm. Dulu aku dah nyaman di telco operator trus pindah ke audit firm dengan keyakinan bahwa ada masa depan yang lebih baik disini. Ternyata yang aku hadapi malah sebaliknya, penyesuaian demi penyesuaian sampai sekarang masih berlangsung entah sampai kapan.
Memang ga bisa dibandingkan langsung dengan orang-orang yang mengambil keputusan untuk tinggal di Oz sana, tapi banyak kesamaan yang aku hadapi sekarang. Doain aku ya Fan, mungkin ini pilihan terberat yang pernah aku jalani.
Youa re right, such extreeme changes can cause the person's concerned helpless :), especially for those whose doing it for the first.. I was on the same boat, and perhaps would feel likewise when I decided to move elsewhere..
Welcome to the gloval village where one moves around vastly and frequently.
Nice to have found your blog, surely I'd comeback for more, regards from West Africa :D
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