Comments on: How to Embrace Reverse Culture Shock (Sunny Side Up) http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/ The Travelzine for Today's Vagabond Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:48:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rediscovering America http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-12202 Rediscovering America Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:31:17 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=3376#comment-12202 [...] been warned about reverse culture shock. I’d been told it would be just as difficult to adjust to as the shock I felt my first weeks and [...] [...] been warned about reverse culture shock. I’d been told it would be just as difficult to adjust to as the shock I felt my first weeks and [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-10188 Dave Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:05:57 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=3376#comment-10188 It has taken me several weeks since returning back to the US from Colombia and my RTW trip to feel at home again. In some respects, it feels like that is too little time to once again slip into familiar habits and routines, but on the other hand, I definitely appreciate my mom's home cooking, fluently speaking the local language, and the greater degree of peace here at home. I recently posted 10 tips on How To Survive Reverse Culture Shock based on my experiences the last few weeks: http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/2009/08/18/how-to-survive-reverse-culture-shock/ These ideas have helped me keep a positive frame of mind despite the desire to still be traveling. It has taken me several weeks since returning back to the US from Colombia and my RTW trip to feel at home again. In some respects, it feels like that is too little time to once again slip into familiar habits and routines, but on the other hand, I definitely appreciate my mom’s home cooking, fluently speaking the local language, and the greater degree of peace here at home.

I recently posted 10 tips on How To Survive Reverse Culture Shock based on my experiences the last few weeks:

http://www.gobackpacking.com/B.....ure-shock/

These ideas have helped me keep a positive frame of mind despite the desire to still be traveling.

]]> By: Nora http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-10171 Nora Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:38:40 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=3376#comment-10171 What a wonderful way to embrace the harsh realities of coming back home. In my own short visit home to Canada, I made similar observations. I found joy in the little things, like the native urban wildlife (raccoons and squirrels) and the names we have for our coins. What a wonderful way to embrace the harsh realities of coming back home. In my own short visit home to Canada, I made similar observations. I found joy in the little things, like the native urban wildlife (raccoons and squirrels) and the names we have for our coins.

]]> By: Reverse Culture-Shock; the Slump in Returning Home « Greenheart Travel http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-10145 Reverse Culture-Shock; the Slump in Returning Home « Greenheart Travel Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:47:44 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=3376#comment-10145 [...] faux accident annoying? It was a lucky find when I discovered Megan Kimble’s article”How to Embrace Reverse Culture Shock (Sunny Side Up)“. She gives some great advice for the ups and downs of  returning [...] [...] faux accident annoying? It was a lucky find when I discovered Megan Kimble’s article”How to Embrace Reverse Culture Shock (Sunny Side Up)“. She gives some great advice for the ups and downs of  returning [...]

]]> By: melissa & malakai http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-10144 melissa & malakai Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:14:24 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=3376#comment-10144 After spending the summer marveling at the strangeness of the unknown world on our first backpacking trip, we're now back in the midwest and are dealing with a lot of readjustment ourselves. Noticing that we've been getting quite cranky during the transition, we've taken to planning our next trip (and yes, we are counting the days!), but also preparing ourselves in advance by trying a new language so that when we arrive maybe we'll be in a better position. Mel&Mal- myspace.com/melissaandmalakai After spending the summer marveling at the strangeness of the unknown world on our first backpacking trip, we’re now back in the midwest and are dealing with a lot of readjustment ourselves. Noticing that we’ve been getting quite cranky during the transition, we’ve taken to planning our next trip (and yes, we are counting the days!), but also preparing ourselves in advance by trying a new language so that when we arrive maybe we’ll be in a better position.

Mel&Mal-
myspace.com/melissaandmalakai

]]> By: Traveling The Blogosphere - August 2009 | Taking off Travel blog http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-10134 Traveling The Blogosphere - August 2009 | Taking off Travel blog Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:44:53 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=3376#comment-10134 [...] reminds us that traveling is not just about leaving places but about returning to your old home. How to Embrace Reverse Culture Shock (Sunny Side Up) says: “many travelers return home to find themselves at odds with their native culture — [...] [...] reminds us that traveling is not just about leaving places but about returning to your old home. How to Embrace Reverse Culture Shock (Sunny Side Up) says: “many travelers return home to find themselves at odds with their native culture — [...]

]]> By: Mikeachim http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-10113 Mikeachim Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:26:27 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=3376#comment-10113 A much-neglected topic, this one, and a fascinating one. Enjoyed this - thanks! I always see reverse culture shock as a result of internal change. You go on a foreign adventure, you shrug off the "real world" and you revert to a more honest, more true You, without all the contextual cultural baggage that you deal with every day at home. You strip everything away - and discover what the things are that you really Need. You also discover what things are missing from your normal life. ...then you come back home, and it hasn't changed, but you have, in lots of little ways - sometimes permanently, as the article mentions. But sometimes these changes are more towards the real You, the core You. And when you're back home, you can truly *see* all the things you don't need and, deep down, don't want in your life. That's the real shock: realizing that in some ways, home isn't enough for you, and never was. That's when you get addicted to travel. ;) A much-neglected topic, this one, and a fascinating one. Enjoyed this – thanks!

I always see reverse culture shock as a result of internal change. You go on a foreign adventure, you shrug off the “real world” and you revert to a more honest, more true You, without all the contextual cultural baggage that you deal with every day at home. You strip everything away – and discover what the things are that you really Need. You also discover what things are missing from your normal life.

…then you come back home, and it hasn’t changed, but you have, in lots of little ways – sometimes permanently, as the article mentions. But sometimes these changes are more towards the real You, the core You.

And when you’re back home, you can truly *see* all the things you don’t need and, deep down, don’t want in your life. That’s the real shock: realizing that in some ways, home isn’t enough for you, and never was.

That’s when you get addicted to travel. ;)

]]> By: Alex http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-10101 Alex Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:36:46 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=3376#comment-10101 Great article -- I think you nailed the tension between straddling two different worlds. If you're interested in reading about my culture shock -- and the forthcoming reverse culture shock -- in India, check out my site: http://thebudak.com, or follow on Twitter http://twitter.com/budizzle. Cheers Great article — I think you nailed the tension between straddling two different worlds. If you’re interested in reading about my culture shock — and the forthcoming reverse culture shock — in India, check out my site: http://thebudak.com, or follow on Twitter http://twitter.com/budizzle. Cheers

]]> By: jessiev http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-10098 jessiev Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:33:24 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=3376#comment-10098 wonderful, wonderful article. you hit the nail on the head - excellent observations! wonderful, wonderful article. you hit the nail on the head – excellent observations!

]]> By: Turner http://www.vagabondish.com/embrace-reverse-culture-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-10090 Turner Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:03:52 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=3376#comment-10090 Indeed. I've found I just can't stand driving anymore; give me trains or walking anyday. Indeed. I’ve found I just can’t stand driving anymore; give me trains or walking anyday.

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