{"id":17889,"date":"2016-11-01T03:53:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T03:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=17889"},"modified":"2016-11-01T03:53:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T03:53:46","slug":"how-to-beat-homesickness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/how-to-beat-homesickness\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Beat Homesick(ness)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now this might not be the most profound or inspiring blog that I create this year, it is one that has been hitting hard for me this month. \u00a0It has been a little over two months living in Detroit and while it has been an incredible experience, it has also been tough to be so far from home. \u00a0For those who also may be far from home and want some advice on how to get through your own feeling of homesick(ness) see below.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17906 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20160903_170024783-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"img_20160903_170024783\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20160903_170024783-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20160903_170024783-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20160903_170024783-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.) Remember where you are from, while enjoying new places. \u00a0I&#8217;m lucky to have lived most my life on Lake Superior and love having this hat to always remind me where I came from but also where I&#8217;m going.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17912 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14691314_10157966159480221_5616566317222466808_o-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"14691314_10157966159480221_5616566317222466808_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14691314_10157966159480221_5616566317222466808_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14691314_10157966159480221_5616566317222466808_o-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14691314_10157966159480221_5616566317222466808_o-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14691314_10157966159480221_5616566317222466808_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n2.) Go watch something new! \u00a0I&#8217;m a hockey player so I jumped at the chance to see the Redwings play for the last season at the Joe. \u00a0It helps when you have great friends to spend the game with.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17921 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161008_133501871-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_20161008_133501871\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161008_133501871-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161008_133501871-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161008_133501871-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161008_133501871-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3.) Eat food! \u00a0While working on our challenge project, we had to do some important &#8220;research&#8221; including going to Sister Pie, Cutters and Detroit Vegan Soul. \u00a0 They were all so delicious.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17913 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14633170_10157933578350221_2031884268751075605_o-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"14633170_10157933578350221_2031884268751075605_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14633170_10157933578350221_2031884268751075605_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14633170_10157933578350221_2031884268751075605_o-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14633170_10157933578350221_2031884268751075605_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14633170_10157933578350221_2031884268751075605_o-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14633170_10157933578350221_2031884268751075605_o.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4.) Get out of the city! \u00a0Detroit is an incredible place to live and always has exciting events to go to, but sometimes you need to get away from the hustle and bustle. \u00a0Going for a walk, gardening or visiting a pumpkin patch with friends can always help ease your mind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17952 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161031_183244658-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"img_20161031_183244658\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161031_183244658-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161031_183244658-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161031_183244658-768x585.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5.)\u00a0Learn to let go of the things you can&#8217;t control! \u00a0Home is where the heart is and while sometimes we all just need a hug from our mom, life can be challenging but remember you are not alone. \u00a0Go out with friends, try new things, eat food and embrace all the great things that make Detroit home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now this might not be the most profound or inspiring blog that I create this year, it is one that has been hitting hard for me this month. \u00a0It has been a little over two months living in Detroit and while it has been an incredible experience, it has also been tough to be so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}