manage your time so that you can stay connected with your friends and your family after that moving away from home can be difficult, especially if you're busy starting a new job or prepare for the graduate school.
told us that three recent graduates of University that have left Michigan, either for new jobs, or continue with the additional tuition, to see how they keep contact with their friends and their family at home.
making the time to communicate
Rachel Hurst, Suncast Corporation packaging engineer, now lives in Lisle, Illinois, and she had trouble finding the time to connect with relatives in Michigan, since she had left the State.
"Since the beginning of my work, it has been somewhat difficult to stay in touch with friends and family," said Hurst. "There is a change of time here, and even if it's only an hour, it has made a difference."
now that spontaneous out face to face with his friends and his family is no longer an option, she found that the best way to stay abreast of their lives is through text messages and Snapchat.
"I have my friends and my family a lot every day, to little text" says Hurst. "" " I used Snapchat much recently because it is a quick and easy way to immediately show someone what I see. "
another application Hurst uses regularly is FaceTime. She likes the app because it allows him to see the faces of his family instead of only their voices.
"I like doing this because then I see the face of my friend or my sister instead of simply to hold a phone to my ear," explains Hurst. "It allowed me to see my dog back in the House, which miss me, as well as lack of my family and my friends too."
talk on the phone
Ryan Furdock, a recent graduate of Michigan State University, moved to St. Louis, Missouri, to attend the Washington University School of Medicine.
as Furdock does not start school of medicine until August, he did have to face constraints of the school year yet. However, he has worked full time, doing clinical research.
"for me, catching up with friends and family on the phone is a very nice way to take a break from something academic, I have to do," said Furdock. "When med school starts, I can't study 100% of my life away."
Furdock is not concerned do not have the time for a social life. He is convinced he will still be able to find the time to catch up with friends and family of St. Louis in calling and SMS them frequently.
using social media to stay connected
Jenny DiGiovanni, a hotel investment analyst at JLL in Chicago, also manages to stay in touch with friends, families and loved ones while working out of State. She made the time to connect regularly with not only his immediate family, but also his grandparents, aunts and uncles.
' keep in touch with the family since I moved to Chicago is not very different to live at the Michigan State University - I'm going home and visit whenever I can and don't forget to enjoy the little time I have everything by being at home, "says DiGiovanni.
while DiGiovanni believes that it is easy to stay in touch with his family, keep in touch with all of her friends may be more difficult.
"it is not as easy to stay close and stay connected. Of course the friends to whom I used to communicate with all the time remain very connected,"said DiGiovanni. "What is difficult is losing touch with the friends you're not as comfortable to just call her on the phone to discuss. You miss these types of causal relationships a lot. "
even though she struggles to keep up to date with all her friends, she is grateful to have the traditional means of communication and social media.
"social media and applications are incredibly useful to keep in touch," says DiGiovanni. "While I think that writing a letter and sending by snail mail is the most comforting, technology makes it very easy to stay in touch."
, so if you find yourself having to move away from your loved ones, don't forget not that there are ways to manage your time so that you can stay in touch - regardless of the level of activity settle you in your new home and work. With the use of cell phones and social networks, you can still feel close to your friends and your family.
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