This week, as promised, I am talking about how to get through tough transition times with 4 pieces of advice from my own experience. 1) Have a secure/solid "home base" to return to- whether it is a place in your house/apartment/dorm room where you feel safe, re-watching/reading old TV shows/books you love, looking at pictures of things/people you love, a daily/weekly FaceTime with someone you care about or someone (or a pet) at home you can hug, this helps a ton. 2) Remember that you've been through tough times before and you "survived" them (literally or figuratively). You can write down, talk about or just remember some previous tough times you've made it through. 3) Celebrate even tiny milestones- every week I made it through my first year in Denver in a new job, I looked forward to waffles with my husband! 4) Give yourself time to feel sad/angry/whatever you feel about this transition. Cry, laugh, dance, exercise, whatever works for you. And remember, you'll never have to do this exact hard thing in this exact way for the first time, ever again.