Have you ever been in a situation you are unhappy with? Well I have. When I arrived here in Canada I didn't have a good start. My host family wasn't there yet (they were still in europe on vacation) so I had to stay with their grandmother for ten days. She was super nice but she definitely didn't know what to do with me. At this time I didn't have any friends either so I was all alone in my room the whole time. I mean it was kind of my fault because I didn't do anything about it. I could have gone out and talked to some people I have met before but I was still in my german world so I stayed at home and did things that reminded me of germany, like watching weird american Youtubers talking about germany. I've never done that before but since I'm here I am just listening to german music for no reason. Of course I know about the big differences between the two countries, like the language but there are little things I try to ignore but they still make me crazy. For example the door handle, I am used to pushing it down but here you usually have to turn it to open. The doors just won't open that's why I run into every single door! But this Blog isn’t meant to be about me, it’s actually supposed to help you change things or situations you're unhappy with. Here is an idea of steps you can follow if you don't know how to start:
I did the same.
There were so many things I wanted to change but the worst thing for me, was that I had no friends. I still don't have any Canadian friends but that's ok at least I have tried to talk to some of them. I am still way too shy to just come up to kids and talk to them so I called a friend of mine, who is the most self-confident person I know and she actually yelled at me to get my act together be more outgoing and simply be myself, and that helped me so much, I’m so thankful for her little “speech”. The advice for the future i want to give is actually that if you want something to change you have to do it. you have to make the first step because it is your turn to handle things now . do not wait until someone reads your mind and to does it for you because that is not going to happen. And that's exactly what makes you independent and strong Viktoria D.
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