Many people are seeking alternative places to live from their primary place of residence.
In fact, in the last year, I have had more than a dozen colleagues relocate, even if only temporarily to another location in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and the US.
Do you want to move to a new country too?
Personally, I consider myself to be a Global Citizen, and while I primarily live in the United States, I welcome the chance to live in another country.
As you’re heading out on your new adventure, I want to ask you a few questions:
What are you running away from?
What are you running towards?
Wherever we go, we are there.
If you are looking to change certain circumstances in life, consider examining the habits that you want to change.
Are you taking steps right now toward the new life you want to live?
For example, if you want to have a supportive community and feel relocating will give you that, what are you doing now to attract and support others?
I know that this is going to be an amazing adventure. But it’s also going to be a lot of work. By sharing some of my own experiences as an expert, as someone who has moved across borders multiple times, and as someone who has had to start over in work environments where I wasn’t sure how everyone would react—I want to help make sure that you have a good foundation for moving forward in your new life after relocation.
One thing I’ve come to realize is that it’s not about the place you’re moving to or the things you can bring with you; it’s about who you are.
If you’re going leave one place, it’s not about the place—it’s about yourself. And when you move around all over the world, there are going to be all kinds of complexities that come up that are out of your control. But if you know how to manage these things and make sure that they don’t affect your ability to thrive in new places, then they can actually be a good thing.
The other thing I’ve learned is that when we travel internationally, we don’t just have to deal with cultural differences: we also have to work through issues of identity—and often those issues aren’t even ours! This means doing some serious self-examination: what are the things that make you who you are? What values do you hold dear? What makes up your identity?
Mbeke Waseme, one of my guests in a recent podcast episode “Relocation starts with you” said:
“What I would reinforce, particularly for people who are traveling on their own, before you step on a plane or a boat, or whatever transportation method you use, the coaching process is about knowing you. You have to know yourself really well before you relocate. You have to know the skills that you need, you’ve already started to put them in place.
I suppose for me the gem that we have of being able to move around the world is to meet people, to learn firsthand about cultures, to eat a meal with a stranger, to see how the meal that your parents cook and taught you, have another variety and level of it in another space, and it might be one ingredient that makes the difference.”
“And we wanna get better at being more self-aware, breaking our own biases, stepping out of our comfort zone, and getting to trust ourselves even more. Travel is a great way to do that”.
Listen to the full episode HERE and tell me what you think.
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