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Homesickness.
From Success Abroad, 8 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
I have lived abroad for over six years now and I am generally very happy but every year as autumn approaches I start to feel homesick. It’s not particularly upsetting just a sense of “missing” what I have loved and enjoyed in the past.
My favourite season has always been Autumn. When I lived in the UK I loved the colour of the trees in autumn, the crisp autumnal air, the cosy fires in quaint village pubs, picking blackberries and then making comforting roast dinners and...
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The Pearl in the Atlantic
From Success Abroad, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
On August 16th 2005 our plane touched down at Madeira International Airport and our new life on a volcanic rock situated in the North Atlantic began. Madeira is situated six hundred kilometres from North Africa and one thousand kilometres from mainland Portugal. It is not big, stretching to sixty kilometres if we are generous, mountainous and has a total population of around 300,000 people.
My husband, three year old daughter and I started our Madeira experience with a holiday. I remember it...
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Mexican Experience
From Success Abroad, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
My Mexican Experience.
I went to Mexico and lived and worked amongst the locals for some time. I believed that I was quite open minded to different cultures and the differences in attitude and approach to life but found Mexico quite a challenging experience in a number of ways.
Social attitudes:
Mexicans are very welcoming, warm and friendly people. Many times I was included very readily in different social groups and this was helpful in making friends and building a social network. It would...
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What Inspires You'
From Success Abroad, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Last week I participated in a project called ‘The Get Inspired! Project’. It is a project that aims to discover through interviews with people around the world what people do to inspire and what in turn inspires them.
My business intention is to ‘inspire great lives abroad‘ and it was really interesting for me to put into words what it is that I set out to do via my business to inspire people who are living and working abroad. You can listen to my interview by clicking...
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The Experience Zone.
From Success Abroad, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
A Report was issued recently by Bookfield Global Relocation Services entitled “Global Relocation Trends”. It is an annual survey and was based on responses from 180 small, medium and large organisations located all over the world.
As an expatriate who has never received much organisational support when relocating abroad I felt the report made encouraging reading. Organisations on the whole are becoming more sophisticated in the way they approach and manage assignments, offering...
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Coping with life defining decisions.
From Success Abroad, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
What kind of decision maker are you' I ask that question because my husband and I are very different in the way we work things through in terms of ‘the big decisions’. I start at the emotional end of the spectrum and he at the rational. As you can imagine those first conversations are usually quite interesting to say the least! However ultimately we find some common ground and in fact I have been known to recite back to him his first rational arguments and vice versa.
Wherever we...
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Expatriate living for the trailing partner - exciting, confusing, frustrating, rewarding, lonely' ?
From Success Abroad, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Imagine that the opportunity to move abroad presents itself; from your partners perspective it is a sensible move to make, however you, the trailing partner feel a mix of emotions; uncertainty, fear, excitement, anticipation and sadness at leaving loved ones and careers behind.
These mixed feelings are all part of the experience for those of us who trail our loved ones abroad. However for the majority the outcome is positive and the benefits usually outweigh the challenges.
Indeed this is what...
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Should I Go or Should I Stay' - Helping You to Resolve Your Move Abroad Dilemma.
From Success Abroad, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This is a question I have asked myself a number of times over the last ten years. And what has struck me each time is that there is no RIGHT answer, only the BEST decision that you can make given your personal situation, hopes and dreams for your future.
Welcome to my blog and over the coming weeks I am going to investigate this question from every perspective imaginable. So if you have ever thought vaguely about the idea of moving abroad but never quite got your head around the issue OR if you...
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Decisions decisions - but whoose'
From Success Abroad, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Imagine, you are at home deeply involved in some task or other, feeling at that moment happy and content with life. Your partner walks through the door and says with a smile:
“We need to talk about an exciting new opportunity that came up today”
The opportunity: a move abroad, perhaps for the first time or a new relocation/assignment option!
What would your initial reaction be'
I recall a range of reactions and emotions to a number of relocation options over the years! The last was...
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How to make the best decision to relocate abroad.
From Success Abroad, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Moving abroad is a cited up there along with death and divorce as one of the biggest challenges we can face in life and yet so often people make decisions to relocate abroad so lightly. Perhaps the opportunity and excitement of the new location takes over and only the positive aspects are considered. Sometimes of course the decisions made are good and life is great, however at other times the experience and reality of the move is not so good and far away from loved ones and the normal support...
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And so the fun starts!
From Success Abroad, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Picture yourself sitting on the plane, packing done, goodbyes said, all that is left to do now is to start your new life - abroad!
How are you feeling'
No doubt a mixture of excitement, anticipation, perhaps even a small element of fear' After all this is a new start, there may also be an element of regret, perhaps sorrow at leaving behind friends and family - a former life behind. But overall you feel ready, you’ve prepared well, you’re ready for the adventure to begin!
So a new...
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