Moving to Japan for work a couple years ago, I expected the usual culture shock with food and language. But what really caught me off guard was how parenting my toddler in a new culture revealed sides of myself I hadn’t seen before. I’ve always considered myself a patient person in my engineering work, but navigating playground etiquette and different parenting expectations showed me how quickly I could get flustered when my usual problem-solving approaches didn’t apply.
Has anyone else discovered unexpected personal insights while adjusting to life in another country? I’m curious how these revelations might have changed how you approach challenges back home.