Why Moving Abroad Was Starting Over
And overcoming the emotions of leaving home.
* Re-published from a time circa 2016 *
How do you say goodbye to something you’ve known your whole life?
Completely walking away from everything you have come to get used to in pursuit of something new. It’s an extraordinarily hard thing to do in the process of finding a life that can exceed your satisfaction.
Because that kind of life DOES exist.
Don’t kid yourself.
There is always something more out there for you if you are willing to put everything you know behind you.
Sometimes that’s what it takes.
A blank sheet — wide open to new ideas and experiences that you never saw crossing your life’s path. A mentality of taking on whatever comes your way and letting it affect your life how it wants.
But it is a burden to take on a life decision that heavy. You’re going to have to leave behind so much.
Every routine, every reputation, every shortcut — every detail that made your life easier back home. It all has to be set back to the very beginning. You’re starting from ground zero and you’re all alone to find out everything that’s new.
