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Expat Lifestyle: A Relocation Malady
Bridging nomadic life between joy and sorrow
“Tell your story” you are asking me. How do I choose which one to tell, if I lived a number of them? I moved so many times that every new place I have been represents an extra life for me. I am rich of anecdotes and narratives from completed, unique, and different previous relocations. Every period has been a whole in itself.
Looking back at my life story, I feel like I had multiple and disconnected existences. I am nostalgic for each one and long to go back to all, like I had never left them, but it is impossible, of course. The problem is that, like anyone else on Earth, I cannot experience them simultaneously and jumping through the curtains of space and time.
Where Did You Prefer To Live?
The most popular question people ask me when they start to know me better is: “Where did you prefer to live?” Well, I do not have a favorite location or a favorite house: they were all very special to me. In facts, when I change a place and move from one to the next one, it is simply to improve my life, through new enriching experiences. Therefore, when I choose my next country and start my job or house hunting, I will always feel extra positive, if not really happy. When I engage my life in a new place, it is always…
