I have been living in America for three years now. Is it everything I expected? I don't know yet. One thing for sure is that the specific community I live in has a very particular sort of people-outdoorsy folks. Therefore, in other schools or surrounded by other people I had a strong gut feeling that my experience would have been very different.
Two main concepts of that I have learned from my experience are 'hustling' and 'indifference." Hustling means that in order for to accomplish your goals/plans you need to have a tight grip on things. You must be alert at all times and never rest for a minute. The other concept 'indifference' is very new to me-a 360° change from my hometown. It involves not caring if someone has more than you do or what they think of you. For instance, back in Peru if someone was wealthy you tried to cater to them and try to keep them as a friend. Here, I don't care if someone is richer than me I will cut them from my life if they are being annoying.Or some friends who I haven't spoken to in a while, if I never see them again, I wouldn't mind.







