Setbacks
As an immigrant you hope for the best, but you immediately know that there will also be setbacks. You can deal with this in all kinds of ways.
Great, it's not that bad
Cheerful to the new country
When you arrive in a new country, you will often feel a sense of euphoria. Things are fresh and new, it gives you energy.
Many things are different and you enjoy responding to them. You want to build on that.
For example, the enormous space you have in Canada is infectious, but also the great personal freedom that many experience. Many also consider the country's wealth a huge plus.
Unexpected, but still okay
Need to adapt quickly?
The key word is indeed “adapt” over and over again. You encounter certain things in Canada that are not what you are used to. Your pioneering spirit may be tested.
Things are done differently in business, but you also notice differences in personal contacts. It's not like Canada will adapt to you.
You are welcome, but you conform to the customs of the country.
Perhaps very unpleasant
You just can't accept it
A very common response to adversity may be to look at the options and possibilities. Could it perhaps be better elsewhere? Want you back?
By emigrating you have indicated that you are not afraid to take a big step in your life.
For some, this means that another move is starting to come into view.
Can you love a country without actually wanting to live there?
Yes, of course you can have warm feelings for a country or a region or a certain place. That doesn't necessarily mean that you want to move there straight away. There are plenty of reasons why you might want to be somewhere temporarily, but not forever.
Emigration was first seen as an irreversible fact. You go there and you never come back. Goodbye was also literally goodbye. Times have changed and customs have developed further. There is now nothing wrong with going to live somewhere for a while and then returning to your place of origin. Or maybe to try something different.
Even for people who leave Canada, it would probably be difficult to simply forget the positive aspects of the country. Just the space, the freedom and the overwhelming nature. And yet quite a lot of people are quitting again. Must be possible, we say!
Because everyone agrees: Canada is a beautiful country.
Here are just some random setbacks highlighted
Things don't always go well in life. Some things can actually trip you up. The following anthology of just some things that did not go so smoothly will give you an idea of where the problem sometimes lies.
