Liminality

Missing Singapore is just one symptom of a more general feeling of liminality or psychological jet-lag that I experience when I return home from travelling. Physically I'm in Glasgow but psychologically, a large part of me is still in Asia. There is nothing much to be gained from travelling that does not lead to a repositioning and new understanding of self, but bringing that learning back and coping with its consequences in a context that feels simultaneously familiar and foreign is always difficult. The negotiation of that space is only just beginning, as I try to decide which parts of prior-to-travel Rebecca to revert to, which parts of having-travelled Rebecca to retain, and the speed with which to make those adjustments ...