Moving to a new place is tough, but a few strategies can help anyone feel more at home.
Lots of people move in the summer, many for new jobs. Moving can be incredibly disorienting on a personal level. Figuring out the politics of a new office is likewise difficult, and it’s not necessarily something humans, who used to stay with our tribes for life, are good at doing. However, there are ways to start to feel at home, says Melody Warnick, author of the new book, This is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live. After half a dozen moves in a few years, Warnick set out to figure out how to make her current home of Blacksburg, Va., truly feel like home. She reports that “A lot of the things that work to make people feel at home in their community work for a workplace, which is in essence its own kind of community.” Here’s how to feel like you belong, fast.
