{"id":69,"date":"2022-02-28T17:21:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T17:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/?p=69"},"modified":"2022-02-28T17:21:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T17:21:24","slug":"dealing-with-homesickness-in-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/2022\/02\/28\/dealing-with-homesickness-in-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Homesickness in College"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just the other day, I was texting my friend about how I\u2019ve been dealing with a recent increase in homesickness this semester. It\u2019s interesting how those emotions can come and go because they didn\u2019t necessarily phase me during the first semester. My parents warned me before I left for college that homesickness would hit me randomly throughout the year, and I just had to push through. That being said, I think many people portray college through social media and interactions on and off campus as one, big, fun party all the time. The transition, in-between moments, and potential homesickness aren\u2019t as normalized, which I why I want to take the time to write about it, and how I cope.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As many of you may know, I am from New Jersey\u2026 AKA really far away. When I was applying to college, I knew I wanted to go somewhere different and a decent distance away from my family to truly be on my own for the first time. I think one of the hardest things for me being here is listening to everyone talk about their plans to go home for a weekend to sleep in their bed, see their parents and dogs, and decompress after a long week. That isn\u2019t an option for me. I\u2019m a 16-hour car ride (when I don\u2019t have a car), or a full day of air travel away from my family, so it\u2019s a giant inconvenience for me to \u201crun home\u201d for the weekend. Additionally, I am <\/span>really<\/span><\/i> close with my family, and being this far away is very difficult. Not to mention, when I am home for breaks, I am terrible at goodbyes. I\u2019m quite the crier when it comes time to part ways, so that part is by far the worst, even though I know my amazing life in Iowa City is waiting for me on the other end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s tempting to want to go home, even just for a little bit, when things feel they\u2019re getting harder. However, I think I\u2019m doing myself right when I stay for extended amounts of time. I always remind myself that this change is still VERY new! It\u2019s okay for things to still feel a little weird. I am surrounded by amazing friends, supportive teachers, and my family who all want to see me succeed, and that means just doing my best every day. I try to keep myself busy with friends, sorority life, or school work when I start to feel down. I also call my parents and sister all. The. Time. They would tell you themselves, I can be overly eager to FaceTime. It helps me feel connected, gives me chance to catch up with them, and tell them all about my life here!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of the day, I am grateful I\u2019m homesick. I\u2019m sure you\u2019re thinking, \u201cwhat?\u201d but it\u2019s true. I like to say, I appreciate that my family is hard to leave and that I miss them because it reminds me of the positive impact they\u2019ve made on me. They are by far the most influential people in my life, and when I visit, my time at home just feels that much sweeter. Homesickness is a tricky thing to deal with, but you\u2019re not alone. There are lots of ways to cope in a healthy way and more than enough people who are willing to help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As always, go hawks!<\/span><\/p>\n

Abbie<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just the other day, I was texting my friend about how I\u2019ve been dealing with a recent increase in homesickness this semester. It\u2019s interesting how those emotions can come and go because they didn\u2019t necessarily phase me during the first semester. My parents warned me before I left for college that homesickness would hit me randomly throughout the year, and I just had to push through. That being said, I think many people portray college …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/abbie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}