Desire to go far away and then feel homesick
I wonder that how people can travel such a long time without feelling homesick. There are a lot of people who have travelled around the world and haven’t gone back home for years. But why I have been traveling for 2 months now and I already feel that I am starting to get quite homesick.
When I was preparing for my trip, I counted down every single day as if I could not wait any more to go. I felt excited when staying abroad for a while and after about weeks, I could not enjoy completely my trip I started thinking “I miss Vietnam, I want to go back. Huhu”. Seriously? I keep asking myself why I change constantly like that? When I’m at home, I want to go far away, when I’m already far away, I feel homesick.
It is not only because of people I miss (my family, my friends,...), but also the food and other stuff as well (my mom’s cooking, some places in hometown I often had fun with friends, even the atmosphere,...). The more unfamiliar new countries are, the more homesick I feel.
Get rid of homesickness
I call everybody at home everyday when I am travelling (this is not a normal thing with me. When I was in Vietnam, even I worked far away from my hometown, I dont tend to call mom and dad, but now I call them everyday). Initially there are many things to talk about like what did I do, what places I have visited and of course what specials did we eat, so on. Even though when we run out the topic, I still call them every 10 am just to listen to them. They are a big part of “home”. Talking to them and seeing them make me almost “at home”.
When I was going to start my journey, my friend who had ton of traveling esperiences told me that “prepare to be uncomfortable”. Now I understand what he said.
I try to enjoy every minute that I am away. And this trip undoubtedly is the best experience ever.
Just remember that I will be going home soon, and that my home will still be there for me when I get back. Maybe when I get back home I’m more than likely going to feel “homesick” about the places I have just left behind.
We are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange.
—Carson McCullers—