Lived in USA for 3 months, now im depressed.
Jul 17th 2014, 6:54 am
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Re: Lived in USA for 3 months, now im depressed.
Massive overgeneralisation anybody?!
I'm a Brit, and can't stand negative people, so will go out of my way to avoid the 'moaning Minnie's' as I call them. I don't know anybody that would be friends with someone that doesn't share their interests but that does share complaints.
Anyway, it's 7.30am, it's 24 degrees already and I've just sat in the garden with the sun glistening on the pond and watching the deer in the field. I'm looking forward to another day of setting up my business, a few hours work, brunch with friends (that DON'T moan!), time with my kids after school and dinner out with more great friends (ditto the above). Positive enough for you?!
I'm a Brit, and can't stand negative people, so will go out of my way to avoid the 'moaning Minnie's' as I call them. I don't know anybody that would be friends with someone that doesn't share their interests but that does share complaints.
Anyway, it's 7.30am, it's 24 degrees already and I've just sat in the garden with the sun glistening on the pond and watching the deer in the field. I'm looking forward to another day of setting up my business, a few hours work, brunch with friends (that DON'T moan!), time with my kids after school and dinner out with more great friends (ditto the above). Positive enough for you?!
It's sounds a little like you're trying to convince yourself that you're happy
Jul 17th 2014, 6:58 am
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Re: Lived in USA for 3 months, now im depressed.
The US doesn't have great youth exchange programs, but Australia, Canada and NZ all have working holiday visas. You should explore getting those, assuming that your accounting career can wait.
Given your age, this sounds more like an issue of being tired of your circle at home. Perhaps being in a different place where you can reinvent yourself, irrespective of where it is, would do you some good.
Given your age, this sounds more like an issue of being tired of your circle at home. Perhaps being in a different place where you can reinvent yourself, irrespective of where it is, would do you some good.
He misses America, so why would he want to go to Australia, Canada and NZ?
Jul 17th 2014, 7:28 am
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Re: Lived in USA for 3 months, now im depressed.
Jul 17th 2014, 7:47 am
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Re: Lived in USA for 3 months, now im depressed.
Sorry matey. It was actually from a different thread (I thought it was this one):
Egg on face.
Egg on face.
Jul 17th 2014, 8:58 am
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Re: Lived in USA for 3 months, now im depressed.
....have you ever seen the movie "Love Actually"? There is a scene where a young English guy goes off for a holiday in the US (strangely enough, ending up in freezing Wisconsin in the middle of Winter) and got all the pretty young American girls are like flies around a jam jar when they hear his accent...
Jul 17th 2014, 1:47 pm
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Re: Lived in USA for 3 months, now im depressed.
There is seriously nothing that could better it bar a small lottery win.Now you can't accuse all Brits of being negative all the time, right?
Jul 17th 2014, 2:45 pm
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Re: Lived in USA for 3 months, now im depressed.
Jul 17th 2014, 2:46 pm
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Re: Lived in USA for 3 months, now im depressed.
Because the solution to his problems isn't the US. The OP just thinks it is. Depression will usually convince a person to think that such a radical change is a solution to their problems. It isn't.
Jul 17th 2014, 3:14 pm
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Re: Lived in USA for 3 months, now im depressed.
I went through some of the same things upon my return to the UK some time ago, and thats why I'm finally returning to the States. Instead of desperately trying to convince Cano that he's got this all wrong, maybe we could just accept the fact that he prefers the open wide American culture?