> [!info] > see also [[20230804 My first month in Vancouver, navigating Challenges and Learning Opportunities]] 1. when you feel nervous and anxious, you are probably in an unstable position 2. when in the unstable position, identify the main direct factors that put you in this unstable position. For example, 1. I don't have a stable place to stay -> housing problem 2. I don't have a job -> finance problem 3. I don't have friends in Vancouver -> relationship problem 3. Identify your indirect / underlying factors that cause the problems by keep asking why they happens. 1. I don't have a stable place to stay 1. I want to rent the place after I found a job, but job hunting is an uncontrollable factors 2. I don't have a job 1. I lost my soft skills because of my English proficiency 2. Too less job experience 3. No hobby project to show off 4. No open source project to show off 5. number of job opportunity in web / app development is not as many as in Hong Kong 6. No relationship 3. I don't have friends in Vancouver 1. Basically I know no one in Vancouver. I only knows Natalie from Hong Kong. All other people are new to me. 4. Ask what can you do to solve the underlying factors 1. I want to rent the place after I found a job, but job hunting is an uncontrollable factors -> reorder the task priority, do apartment renting first 2. I lost my soft skills because of my English proficiency -> train my english 3. Too less job experience -> nothing I can do about this 4. No hobby project to show off -> spend sometimes to create some hobby project 5. No open source project to show off -> spend sometimes to participate in open source project 6. number of job opportunity in web / app development is not as many as in Hong Kong -> "can I try to switch field?" 7. no relationship -> approach people in the IT field 8. Basically I know no one in Vancouver. I only knows Natalie from Hong Kong. All other people are new to me. -> approach people and make good friends with people. 5. Be clam. Break down all these tasks. Assign them proper priority, time and effort.