Living Overseas Part-Time: Dream … to … Reality
For a successful experience living overseas, financial questions need to be considered and answered with self-honesty and transparency. Nothing spells defeat in living overseas more than lack of financial planning for your new life. Here are some questions to give thought to. Some will require gathering information; others will require you to look at your… Continue reading Is Expat Living for Me? (Part 3: Financial Questions)
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at how we handle change and how we approach learning and personal growth, as it relates to moving overseas. In this post, we will look at more questions regarding change, focusing on more specific situations. So, let’s dive in again … Am I a person who gives… Continue reading Is Expat Living for Me? (Part 2: Change Continues)
Inroducing a new video series - Why People Become Part-Time Epats. In this first video, I talk about four reasons by people choose to live overseas part-time. You can also view this video on my youtube channel: Aparttime Expat. Click here: https://youtu.be/0UyrQmSBUyQ If you enjoy the video, please give me a thumbs up and subscribe… Continue reading The Latest Video Is Here……Why People Become Part-Time Expats – Video #1 in a New Series…….
Over this series of blogs, we will look at a multitude of questions to consider as you think about the possibilities of living a part-time expat lifestyle. Firstly, let’s look at change. Change. This word probably describes the expat’s life like no other word can. To be certain, change is at the core of the… Continue reading Is Expat Living for Me? (Part 1: Change)
Perhaps you’ve been reading about living overseas part-time (or full time), enjoying other people’s experiences through blogs or videos or personal accounts. Maybe there are recurring thoughts in the back of your mind that surface now and then: “This sounds like so much fun.” “Could I do this?” “How do I know if I can… Continue reading Is Part-Time Expat Living for Me? (Introduction: Questions to Ask)
(Fun Shop - La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain In this series of blogs, we have looked at a number of reasons why people become part-time expats. Today, let’s look at two more. There are times when the political climate or set of circumstances is such that people do not want to spend all of their time… Continue reading What and Why: Part-Time Expat Living (Part 8: Political Reasons and Private Businesses)
It’s here! My new video channel - where I’ll be sharing resources, information, encouragement, inspiration, and experiences about living overseas part-time. To view the first video, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Ju47qv_hc&t=1s If you enjoy the video and are intrigued by the topic, I hope you’ll give me a “thumbs up” and subscribe to my channel on youtube: … Continue reading It’s HERE!
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)