Audrey "at ease"

Audrey learning to be "at ease"

At ease. Describes my mood since I’ve been here in Cape Town. Now don’t get me wrong I have had my moments of angst but an hour later that stomach-curling feeling is gone and I am at ease once again.

But why? It has never taken this short of time for me to feel so comfortable in place. I have tried to figure this out have come across so many possible answers that I have not been able to narrow it down.

           

It could be the mindset of this city. Every day I get to my internship I am told, not asked, told to go get a cup of tea. Including my morning tea I am also told throughout the day to take a break, I have never experienced this laid back way of work in my life. This approach of life allows me to put the brakes on my normal hectic pace of life. If you know me I tend to be always on the move, filling empty time with anything because I do not like to just sit. Just sitting use to make me feel unproductive but as my time continues in Cape Town I have realized that just sitting for a respectable amount of time allows you to be more productive with the tasks that need to be done. Giving myself time to sit and reflect about the events of my day allows me to now approach the same thing possibly in a different way maybe even in a better way.

           

Although I am not certain why I feel so at ease in this country, I am not upset about it and I hope that this mind set and feeling will continue on when I return to the states.