Settling in Ithaca I moved to Ithaca, NY about one and a half month ago. Ithaca is a really small town with about 30,000 of population, one third of which are of Cornell university students. One of the things that are difficult when moving to a new place is that you have to start from the scratch for your life. Sometimes this can be a good point because you can leave all the past behind and start off as a new person. But in return, you lose almost everything you've acquired in the past: friends, job, acquaintances and knowledge around the place, etc. I came here leaving all my friends, family, job behind in Korea and I'll be leaving here as a foreigner whose language won't never be as perfect as of native, which will put me in awkward situations many times. As I was thinking of the negative side of moving to a new place, I may have gotten a little pessimistic. However, I do believe that I am lucky to have this opportunity of living in a new country and learning the language as well as the culture. I am seeing many new things that I'd never come to across before. I think I just have to be more patient with myself and not expect that I will settle in and have what I used to have back in my country so soon. But if you know any tips how to be patient with yourself in a daily life, please leave a comment below for me. Thanks for reading a long gibberish.