Since 2017, I Call My Parents Multiple Times per Week
Please, do not commit the same mistake I did.
Have you ever had a scene like that during a collective farewell, be it from high school, university or workplace?
- Let’s promise to ourselves that this will not be our last meeting, guys! We will do it at least one time per year! Deal?
Everyone agrees.
Years come and years go, without the meetings happening again. Sometime later, you lose contact with your old friends, including the ones that supported you to take career decisions or listened to your complaints about life. It’s hard to deal with this disconnection, especially when you don’t know others nearby.
Do people still remember you?
Because at some point, looks like everyone forgot you.
If you are an expatriate, like me, you realized that not everyone understands how different time zones or routines work, especially if they never lived far away. Maybe your friends back home do not contact you because they think you are not available or interested. Don’t take it as an offense.
It is normal that, when living far from home, you need to be proactive about getting in touch with the ones that stayed. Get used to the idea that you…
