People are relocating from one place to another either for higher education, career opportunities, personal reasons, or simply because of job transfer. Local shifting is easier than moving to a whole new location to a new city or a new state or to a new country. The initial days are the most challenging to get accustomed to the new environment. Aged adults and young kids face more difficulty in adjusting. But, we humans can adjust to the changed environment whenever required.
In this blog, we will discuss several possible difficulties that can be faced while relocating along with the possible solutions.
Among all the difficulties one had to face while relocating, the most challenging one is emotional setbacks. The thought of getting separated from dear ones makes you upset knowing that you will see them once or twice, or maybe after a long gap. Life is such that to gain something you have to lose something. With the help of this blog, you will learn about the difficulties you might face while relocating to a new place.
Difficulties while relocating and their solutions
One must always be ready to face challenges as Life is a battlefield but knowing the hard times earlier gives you the idea and strength to face the difficult situation in a better way. The most common difficulties while relocating are mentioned below.
Difficulty in finding a place to live
Finding a suitable home to stay in is the primary difficulty one may face unless you are getting accommodation from your employer. Because the place is unknown to you, you may contact an agent to help you find a home or you can directly get in touch with the owners. Even if you find some, it is difficult to find someone whom you can trust.
One may face problems like lack of space, home environment may not be according to your lifestyle, or other shortcomings. So, finding a perfect home in a new location, which one is not able to visit before, is full of hardships. And, finally, you may not like the home when you reach there but you don’t have any other options left.
Solution
Presently, there are many options available online. So you can relax at your home and do research with proper verification and finally find a home to stay in that is best for you.
Difficulty with the landlord
You cannot avoid a house owner if you are planning to rent a house. You might get a good landlord to mingle with, otherwise, it is difficult to deal with them. Some owners can suddenly visit the home to see how well the place is maintained. Dealing with difficult owners is tricky.
Solution
You can gel with the owner before you confirm taking their home on rent by being communicative and discussing the ways their home can be maintained.
Transportation issues
Transport will be difficult initially as you are unaware of the roads and the transport facilities available. So, you may end up spending unnecessary time and expense on transportation.
Solution
You can use the internet to the best of your advantage like GPS systems, and Google Maps. Even the local people can help you to know the roads properly. Initially, you may hire OLA, and UBER cabs to reach the destinations far away from the home, and then when you may eventually identify the roads properly, and then use public buses.
Adaptation to food
Food can be a real cause of concern in the initial days as you cannot immediately start cooking. Moreover, you need time to unpack everything and properly arrange your kitchen, and then only you can cook. Shipping of your belongings may also take a long time than estimated which might add up to your difficulty. You might start spending money on buying food from the nearby restaurant but it is not an easy and healthy choice. It is a crucial difficulty during the relocating phase, especially for kids and older adults.
Solution
You might arrange some munchies and food essentials that are easy to cook, for example, packets of Maggi, biscuits, cakes, etc. Your hunger pangs can be satisfied for some time. If you plan to order food from a restaurant or visit one for lunch and dinner, then search for a restaurant that offers your favorite cuisine and is safer and healthier to eat.
Difficulty in packing and moving
The whole packing and unpacking process is one of the most difficult tasks while relocating to a new city. There is always confusion regarding items to carry and leave behind. Afterward, one has to pack everything or hire a professional movers and packers team for your help. There is stress regarding the safety of your belongings and then again rearranging the items in your new space with a lot of effort and coordination.
Solution
First, you need to identify the items you want to carry and the items that you want to leave behind. Secondly, hire good packers and movers who can help you with end-to-end packing and transporting as they take care of everything from packing, loading, and transporting to unloading and rearranging.
Difficulties in adjustments
Relocating to a completely new place requires adjustment to the new environment especially when you have to go abroad and settle down properly. Even in our own country, there are challenges like language barriers, cultural differences and also differences in beliefs, traditions, etc., and even adjustments related to weather changes.
Solution
The difficulties cannot be avoided but give yourself some time to get emotionally and physically settled down. You can learn about the local culture and talk to the local people to learn more about the city.
Difficulty with network providers
You will have to research to know which company’s network is the fastest and then accordingly set up your Wi-Fi connections and you might need to port your number to some other connection.
Solution
You may start researching your neighborhood regarding which connection they use and what their feedback is and accordingly, you may decide which network connection to take. This will not only save you time and effort.
Feeling Nostalgic
Nostalgia is one of the biggest difficulties you will face while relocating to a completely new place. You will miss food, friend, and the whole environment.
Solution
Time is the one that will slowly make you mature enough to deal with the separation. You might get equally good people in your life at your new place that will make life far easier, and hopefully, you might slowly start loving the new environment.
Difficulties in finding the school
If you have children and you have moved to a new city permanently or for a long period, and, then you will have to admit them to a new school. This means you need a lot of good research on which is the best school for your child and then take the decision of admitting. After you have decided on the school, you need to go there and make your child give the interview for admission and finish other admission formalities, etc. This entire process will make you exhausted and then there is always a stress on whether your child will be able to adjust to the new school environment or not.
Solution
This is certainly a huge task and responsibility as well but you can take the information from the local people besides doing a little research on your own. And, in case your child is friendly to any of the kids in the neighborhood, then you may admit him/her to that child’s school. As your child will find someone to talk to in the initial days before he/she makes other friends there.
Conclusion
The initial days are mostly hard if you are relocating to a completely new place but you can take time and learn to cope with the situation as you start to settle down. But, it is always better to have an idea of the challenges that you might face there so that you can tackle them in a better way.
Knowing about these common difficulties and their solutions might help you to prepare and deal with them in much better ways.