Living Overseas Part-Time: Dream … to … Reality
There are many people who spend a lot of time traveling, seeing places, experiencing new cultures. And many of them spend several months or as much as ½ year traveling; but it is a constant moving in, moving out, and moving on. While it’s fun to see many different places, the constant change can become… Continue reading What and Why: Part-Time Expat Living (Part 7: Travel … with Roots)
I’m back with more reasons why people become part-time expats. One of the most common reasons is to encounter a lower cost of living along with a higher standard of living. There are places in the world where you can live on a lot less and yet enjoy more amenities than in your home country.… Continue reading What and Why: Part-Time Expat Living (Part 6: Lower Living Costs, Higher Standard of Living)
For several years now, my wife has worked full-time as a writer. She is what is now called “location independent.” She can work from anywhere in the world where there is good internet. Her work life goes on whether she is enjoying the beach view in Costa Rica, overlooking a medieval street in Seville, Spain;… Continue reading What and Why: Part-Time Expat Living (Part 5: Online Businesses and Location Independence)
Split Personality: The Stimulation of Living in Two Countries. Some folks choose the part-time expat lifestyle simply because they have a split personality. Read on, and you'll see what I mean .... Whenever we are over Costa Rican airspace and I can look down on the verdant green countrysides, or the rain forest-covered mountains, or… Continue reading What and Why: Part-Time Expat Living (Part 4: Split Personality)
I can remember my mother telling me through the years, “Your health is everything. If you have your health, you have the best of life.” For many people, health is an important concern when it comes to living overseas. It is a common reason why people choose to be part-time expats. And there are two… Continue reading What and Why: Part-Time Expat Living (Part 3: Healthcare)
Volunteering is very satisfying for many part-time expats. Combining the giving of your time to a worthy cause with the added factors of interesting culture and customs, gives a lot of people fulfillment. Sometimes these volunteering opportunities are seasonal in nature. Perhaps the cause is related to nature or to cyclical chains of events… Continue reading What and Why: Part-Time Expat Living (Part 2: Volunteering)