So after two weeks back from my spring break, I fell into a rut! Missing my family, my boyfriend, my home, my own bed—wait!!!! I knew this wouldn’t do, I knew I needed to break out of this rut and start living in the present.
Here are some tips I am currently using to get myself out of this homesick rut and reminding myself why I wanted to study abroad in the first place:
- Thinking back to your first week, remember how exciting and new everything was. Remind yourself of your goals had while studying abroad, have you accomplished all of them? If not, now is your chance—take it!
- Change up your daily routine. Instead of going home or going to the gym right after school, I am trying to find new places and cultural events to attend.
- Realize that grades are important, but not everything. While abroad as long as you maintain a C or better in your classes you will be given credit back at GW. I am not saying slack off, but remember you have a responsibility to yourself to enjoy your time as much as possible and if that means spending more time with locals and chatting in a café for hours, so be it.
- For those concerned with homework, change up the places you do homework in. I have made it my goal to find a new café every weekend to do homework and I have invited several of my friends in the program to come with me. Not only are you getting homework done, but you are also spending time with people.