How have you gotten over/past feeling homesick?

How have you gotten over/past feeling homesick?
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I moved out over three years ago. I honestly thought I was going to be terribly homesick, especially being six hours away. Surprisingly, I was homesick and crying only two days out of the first week, and I’ve never had that problem again. I keep myself busy with work and the focus and attention I put on my goals always helps. Of course, I miss my parents and my friends tremendously, but there is a difference between missing them and actually being homesick. My career (which is why I moved) is my life, but family is first and if anything ever happened I would dropped everything to be there for them. I know this and they know this and it helps considering the fact that if there was an emergency, the plane ride home is only 45 minutes. We’re still in the same state. That is comforting.
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