A New Life

I'm a very sociable person. When I was in Puerto Rico thinking about what to do during the day, I called my friends and they go to my home and spend time with me. It was so easy to communicate with them because they were like my second family. This changed when I moved to Chicago. Now I don't have anyone to call or hang with. I stay in my home doing homework or watching TV. It is like a new and boring world for me. This happened not only to me. Also happened to other people that moved to Chicago. It's hard to make friends in Chicago because some people don't have a lot of time to make new friends. They live their life too quickly.

People in Chicago had their own way to make friends. When I lived in Puerto Rico, in my community all the people were friends. All of us spent time walking around the neighborhood , playing basketball, and doing homework together. Some people here in Chicago spent time with friends they met in high school. Also, the first day of school is different in Chicago. In Puerto Rico, many students are excited to start school because they are going to meet new people. In Chicago, some students don't feel excitement about this particular day. It is like a day they are going to wake to make a routine. This is not fault of the culture of the people of Chicago. It is also because some people here are not as friendly as people in Puerto Rico.

In addition, people are living in a shy society. This problem is not only in Chicago, is all around the world. Some people avoid making friends in school or in work because they are too shy to communicate with others. In Puerto Rico, I helped the people that didn't have the confidence to speak to others because I know how it feels being a shy person. Other thing that makes difficult the fact of making friends in Chicago is that some people avoid making friends because they don't dare to speak in English. This is a problem that too many people have in this country. I want to help people that have this problem because I was a person that didn't dare speak in English and I know that is uncomfortable be like that.

Also, some people in Chicago are too busy to make new friends. This can be because of work, school or family. Some people prefer to spend time with their families than with their friends. In Puerto Rico, my family and friends were like one big family. On the weekends, my family and friends went on road trips around the island. In Chicago, some people want to have their families separate from the friends. Other people work and study at the same time, so it is hard for them to hang out with their friends.

Since I moved to Chicago I learned how to be a lonely person. Every day I wish my friends from Puerto Rico had moved with me. I'm always going to miss them all because they were like my second family. I'm going to be sociable always, but the truth is that is going to be very difficult to have friends here because some people in Chicago don't have a lot of time to make new friends.