out of the box life

I'm from Syria. I graduated from the high school last year and I want to study in Egypt but I was too late to register so I postponed my entire the college education until the following year, and I came to Egypt six months ago.
In the beginning I was very sad because I would lose a year without studying. I stayed with 2 friends who weren't similar to me in anything, so I faced a very bad situation every day.
And the worst thing ever was that I wasn't able to change any small idea and tradition in my life, and that made me sad.
But day after day, I start understanding that there are so many things in the life I have to discover and learn instead of staying at home and being in a bad mood.
From that moment I started to learn the best way to change myself, and to do that I know that I have to set aside everything I have known before and start a new life or maybe in another perspective, and start thinking out of the box.
I'm now so happy because I have found the way that I was looking for since a long time ago, and after that I am so happy cause I spent this year discovering new things in myself and in the world that surrounds me. I thank God every day that He let me have this new experience to take the step of change.
So in my opinion, if you lose your happiness, be sure that you need a different life in your mind before your body.