After the initial helter-skelter of moving in, you would have to start settling in, putting all things in place, and calling your new house a home. The transition to a new environment may not be as easy or as fast as you expect but temporal aspects play a huge role in this change. Combined with a certain amount of resiliency, you would be living like a native before you know it. 

After you had taken care of immediate concerns, you can now move on to the less urgent activities you have been dying to do ever since your plane had landed. You do not have to restrain yourself from spending hours on the phone or on the Internet talking to people back home. Waiting until the tide settles before making contact is advised because you might be taken in fits of homesickness and be unable to do anything productive during the onset of your transition. Once you have gotten used to the idea of living far from your loved ones, you have given the fact of your move time to sink in. By the time you get to talk to them, you would already have truly known your family and friends are not within reach anymore and that phone calls and chats are the only way you can communicate then.

Settling in After Moving 

After you have been geographically acquainted with your new hometown, you can now roam and start exploring new places - provided that you know enough not to get lost. A tip would be to always bring your legal documents with you because you will never know when you would suddenly need them. A few months into your job or schooling and after you had adjusted to a certain extent, you might find enough slack in your time to visit your new country's tourist destinations. You will only feel like a tourist for a few more months anyway until you start to feel at home, so why not make the most of it, right?

Perhaps because you would be extremely busy adjusting in your workplace or new school for some time, you may not have had the chance to make new friends yet. As time passes, however, it is inevitable to develop new relationships with people, fellow expats and locals alike. Time cultivates these new bonds so be patient because you would not be having new best friends at once. For the first few months, you can build some casual acquaintances by participating in local groups and attending neighborhood parties. Advice on making new friends would be detailed in Chapter 4 of this book.

Another thing you can now actively pursue is your hobbies. your interests could now be quenched again as you find time and chances to go back to what you used to enjoy. After you are done touring your new country and your travel bug gets satiated, you would start missing what you used to do back home. Some hobbies could be pursued alone, but for those whose hobbies require companions, networking with other people would be the answer. By digging around a little, you can find people with the same interests as yours. This would also be the perfect chance to make new friends.