I Just Moved To Spain and I Don’t Believe In The Honeymoon Period

Unexpectedly, my urban planning background provides the critical “why” that’s required when you move abroad

Source: Author / Valencia, Spain

The other day, James Blick, a well-known content creator who focuses on helping people move to Spain, posted a CNN story about a woman who regrets her decision to relocate to the country my wife and I now call home.

Source: CNN

In response, Blick made an excellent point on his Instagram page.

Paraphrasing, he said that if you’re going to make the move you need a “strong why.”

Dreaming about the move is one thing. But, after you do it, you will likely need a “deeper reason to push through.” Blick argued that you need to “know your WHY.”

Exactamente.

My WHY has been percolating like super strong coffee that you go back to multiple times a day, every single day, for the last 25 years.

And it connects directly to the seven years I spent studying urban planning — (pretty intensely) — and obsessing over cities. Observing cities and city life — in theory and…