Friday, 19 July 2024

The end of the deployment

The last few months were strange for me and I had to find some coping mechanisms to deal with the stress of the situation. For several weeks, Georgia faced some political changes (very hard to explain and impossible for me to summarize). This situation worsened the working climate and many things were really difficult to understand here.


From the beginning it was not easy for me to settle in such a different cultural environment. I found hard to understand such a different mentality and lifestyle. Several times I asked myself if it was better to remain in Zugdidi or to go back home, but with all the effort made and all the time spent to join this project I decided not to give up and to try to find a meaning in the situation around me.

I was lucky to find a supporting social context which helped me overcome the difficult moments. My friends tried to show me the reality from a different point of view and they offered me the opportunity to share moments together.

Furthermore I decided to travel and see many places around Georgia, meeting more people, exchanging experiences and collecting memories. I decided to see the good of the situation, understanding that also from bad experiences you can learn something.