Who am I? When transplanted, which of my characteristics come out the most? How do others see me in this new context? What picture do they see of me, what sides of myself are most obvious?
I suppose being transplanted entails a bit of an identity crisis, at least for me. Oh, the crisis is not a terrible one; it is always good to reevaluate, but when moving to a new place where I know no one means that I seek to let people know who I am, and it is interesting to see the ways my personality manifests itself when outside its usual comfortable boundaries.
What interests do I carry over from place to place? What opinions do I bring into a new town? Which of my talents come to the fore, and which of my weaknesses become evident? Perhaps the burning questions for newly-minted "adults": What is my purpose? How am I gifted, and how do I make the most of my strengths? What kind of career should I pursue? What's next?
Life is nicely planned out to a point, but what happens when I get to a bend in the road and the path seems to wind away into the woods where I cannot see far ahead and the way is obscured? What then?
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