Answer to Question #170876 in Sociology for MD. Rayhan Kabir

Question

Have you ever travelled overseas/urban/rural places? If so, did you experience difficulties in adapting? If you did, how did you resolve your feelings?

Answer 1

My Rural Experience and Challenges

           Born and raised in the city, the rural experience has always been my biggest fear, but this time I had no option to learn to overcome what was yet to come. It began like an amusement trip that my mind was, however, to come into terms with. During my summer break, a trip to visit my grandmother come with lots of difficult moments that gave me a rough time to adapt, my life in the city was easy, fun, and at the very best flexible. Life in the rural area creates the scenery of a lonely movie characterized by the daily routine of working tirelessly in the firm.

Challenges

           The biggest challenge in the rural area that I had to come into terms with was working for every single food item on the menu. The morning routine of milking to get milk for breakfast was challenging for me since it was my first time seeing a cow, let alone milk it. Fruits and vegetables had to be fetched from the firm, and most often, I got stung by thorns and scratched by tree branches. Having used to ordering meals from the café, now become a big challenge since I didn't have that luxury anymore, the only available food vendors were from simple dinners that only provided burgers, fries, and bread, pizza was never on the menu, and I had to leave with that for the rest of my stay. The rural restaurants were only beer centers for cowboys, and a chance to go out for a good time and drinks was no more. The more I stayed in the rural area, the more I felt like I was losing my mind with the new environment that was stressful and tiresome.

Adopting

           The days went on slowly, and the one month seemed a decade, but to survive, I had to adopt. My first option was to say goodbye to my old habits and fend for myself through milking, going to the garden, and going to the bakery to buy bread. The fun city life of going out was no more, and I had to appreciate nature by going on camping and mountain climbing. The rural experience might have been challenging for me to adopt. Still, the new environment gave me a chance to see life on a different perspective, and I now know the value of appreciating farmers' lives and the benefits of being fully responsible. Even though I went back to the city, I usually miss the beautiful nature and the fresh air of the countryside.