springing into rumspringa

 I think that the Amish find their liminal period to be so difficult because of of the obvious differences between  our 'culture'. Being exposed to an entirely different world can't be easy, and it's overwhelming. My guess is that most Amish decide to stay because they feel more comfortable wit what they are familiar with.  During Rumspringa they lose their important family values because its a push to temporary independence.  Personally, I think that the change is too drastic too handle. I feel like they all feel lost and try whatever new they can during this time, because they feel the pressure of  'there's so much out there'. And that backfires because they don't always get the best experiences out of it and decide that their Amish life has more to offer. But I guess if we were to try the opposite, we would choose to stay ourselves because people generally like what they know and are familiar with. As for me, I don't really feel like I'm in any liminal period. I feel more lost when I go to a restaurant I've never tried than when I started college. I didn't really have to adjust to Columbia in anyway besides taking more money out of wallet and more time out of my day to get there and back.