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Do You Know What A Good Tuesday Looks Like?
One of the laziest things people say—and the multitudes repeat—about moving abroad is that the newness wears off.
Think about what that actually assumes.
It assumes the point was novelty.
Like buying a new car, getting a new phone, or g...
How I Was Building My Life Long Before I Moved To Spain
The typical narrative goes something like this: you wake up one day, decide you want a different life, and move abroad to find it.
For me, it couldn’t be more backwards.
Spain wasn’t the beginning of the story. It was the continuation of...
The Biggest Myth About Moving Abroad Is That You'll Become Someone Else
No relocation porn. No move abroad surface scratches.
I realize this won’t describe everyone’s experience. It isn’t meant to. It’s simply the clearest articulation I’ve been able to arrive at after spending the better part of two years li...
The Saddest Thing About The United States Is That It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
One of the sadder things about being an American who moved abroad is watching a loud handful of Americans desperately… even frantically search for evidence that the United States is still winning—and has been all along.
Right now, that ev...
Many Americans Have Zero Idea What Quality Of Life Means
I read comments like this one from Medium and genuinely wonder if there's some joke everyone else is in on.
But it’s not a joke. And I’m not crazy.
Large swaths of Americans think like this.
Then, without the self-awareness to keep th...
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I live and work full-time in Spain, where I write about life abroad, cities, and investing and personal finance. I’m no longer a U.S. resident. I am based entirely in the EU. Using em dashes since 2005.
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