Adjusting, Tip #2

Do things that are uncomfortable. Even if it means stepping into an uncertain doorway or eating something that both the CDC and common sense says to avoid. Speak the language, even though you know you're mangling it. Go buy a random food and then figure out what it is and what to do with it. Maybe ask someone. Learn basic courtesy words and use them until that's what comes out naturally when you run into someone or the cab driver gets hopelessly lost.

You can't be a native, but don't let that stop you from faking it with relish.