Becoming an expat isnt for everybody. Being a "successful and happy expat," in fact, can be even harder than the move itself if your not willing to look "under the hood". Often we glaze over our internal selves, which will have a larger effect on our happiness, choosing, instead, to focus on the new location we now call "home". Join Stacy as she delves into one of the critical issues for having a truly rewarding expat experience. Owning our own story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do. —Brene Brown
There I Am
Who will I be in this new land? When does the do-over begin? What happens now? I have gotten exactly what I wished for—a new life in a new land with new people. I did the hard work of closing my life out in my home country, said my goodbyes, waded through the plethora of paperwork there so I could be here, and set out on an expat adventure in Cuenca, Ecuador. And yet, what if I brought myself with me? What if… wherever I go, there I am?
What if all the planning, dreaming, hoping, and scheming for a better version of myself didn’t magically appear when I went through Customs in Guayaquil or sat at Immigration waiting for my residency visa here in Cuenca?
Being Aware
We, at one time or another, are those expats.