There comes a time in an expat’s time abroad when they will have to make an expat’s most fundamental choice, the choice to move on. Many expats, after all, are expats because they are only temporarily residing in a country. The move was always the control, the when being the variable. Sometimes the decision to leave is easy. The […]
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The Word No One Uses to Describe Living Abroad
When our people back in New Jersey ask us about moving abroad they use lots of words: brave, exciting, complicated, scary, adventure, different, very different. But they never use this word: simple. Sure there could be complicated things about living overseas as a whole: navigating a foreign country, learning new customs, trying to get out of a […]
Hopes for Living Abroad – #InstAbroadMoment 12
(on what he hopes to get out of living abroad…in Texas) “So I met you in the Dominican Republic as a Teacher’s Assistant. You’ve pretty much lived there your whole life. Everything you know is there. And now, you are moving to Texas for a teaching certificate and leaving it all behind, at least for now. […]