lessons learned
One of the key lessons that I've learned over the course of the past year is to be weary of falling into the trap of thinking about where I am not rather than where I am. One of my close friends here taught me this lesson. He's forever thinking and talking about somewhere other than where he is now and it has kept him from adjusting to his surroundings. I'm not saying a person shouldn't dream of going to new places, plan his or her next move, etc. Rather, I think that there's a danger in expending too much thought and energy on where one is not as one often misses out on what is going on around him or her. Having been in Nigeria for over 14 months with no break, I've been thinking a lot more lately about where I am not and where I would like to go next. In doing so, I've shut myself off from what's going on around me. I think it's high time I make the most out of the time that I have left here and get back in touch with my environment. How to go about doing that, well, that will take some figuring out.