Grappling with homesickness from "summary" of 360 Degrees Longitude by John Higham
The unsettling feeling of homesickness is like a heavy weight that settles in your chest, making it hard to breathe. It's a nagging sense of longing for the familiar sights, sounds, and smells of home. When you're thousands of miles away from everything you know, it's easy to feel adrift, lost in a sea of unfamiliar faces and places. Every new city we arrived in seemed to exacerbate the feeling of homesickness. The foreign languages, the strange customs, the exotic foods - it all served as a stark reminder of just how far we were from home. In those moments, it was hard to resist the pull to retreat into the comfort of what we knew, to seek solace in the familiar. But we knew that giving in to homesickness would only limit our experiences. We had set out on this journey to explore the world, to push ourselves out of our comfort zones, and to see things we had only ever dreamed of. So, we forced oursel...
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