A couple of months ago I returned home to Sydney. Home again. After 4 months spent living in Europe, and 9 of the last 12 months spent abroad in various locations, I found myself on the sunny shores of Sydney – not a bad place to be, particularly at the start of Spring. My friends […]
Green Card lottery results are in – is your life about to change?
For many people, the month of May is pretty nice. For much of the world May begins with a public holiday, and if you happen to be living in France (and other parts of Europe), there’s a whole lot of other public holidays coming your way in May. For the Northern Hemisphere it’s also such a beautiful […]
The link between death and living abroad
I want to talk about death. It’s something we don’t talk about often enough. Sure it’s spoken about on a grand scale, as in the mass amount of death and destruction in the world, but on a very personal level, on the level that it affects each and every one of us, we’re not talking […]
How to get out of the post-abroad blues
You’re back in your home town. You chose this. You were looking forward to this. But now you’re in a bit of a rut and you’re not sure how to get out of it. And to make things worse, you don’t feel like you can complain. What right do you have to complain about not feeling […]
What you’re REALLY missing about your life abroad
You know that feeling. It’s a longing for a world that once was. An ache in your heart. Try as you might to be happy being home, there’s a very real part of you that misses your life abroad and the country and people that you left behind. And that’s completely okay. In fact, it’s more […]
Coping with change
I’ve been witnessing and experiencing a lot of changes recently and it got me thinking about the way in which change affects us all. For many people, change is uncomfortable and it’s going to be met with a lot of resistance. For others, change is exciting and motivating because it means new ideas and new […]