Where do you fall on the stay-put to move-often spectrum? What do you feel has shaped you into these place on the spectrum?
Read More“Home is where everything converges,” Greg said. “Home is where the heart is, and that’s a pretty good definition.”
Read More“I’d never looked at America as an outsider before,” he said. “Before, I’d been guilty of having an American-centric point of view.”
Read More“When I do have a moment to think, I marvel at how much has happened in twenty-five years. So much of it I couldn’t have planned.”
Read MoreSam said that she’s less attached to where she lives now than she might have been if she’d never moved. “Nothing feels permanent,” she said.
Read MoreFor Shali, the hardest aspect to moving abroad—on both occasions—was losing her extended family and its closeness.
Read MoreFive years into their stay in Chile, at the time of their second visa renewal, Patricia and her husband—U.S. citizens—had an a-ha moment: They didn’t want to leave. Chile had become home.
Read MoreIf he could go back and do it all again, knowing what he knows now, Rob doesn’t believe that he would choose to move to Japan.
Read More“We’re not planning to go back to the United States ever, unless something drastically changes.”
Read MoreWhen I consider the month, I feel most satisfied with August’s progress on my 2019 goal to get back into my writing.
Read MoreIn southeast Asia, Suridh felt like an expat. In Seattle, he feels like an immigrant.
Read MoreAn interview with American-born Bulgarian immigrant Paul Strobl. “I see all the exploration ahead of me. I have no idea where I'll be in ten years. That, to me, is exciting.”
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