expat-life14 min
Is a Gap Year Worth It? What Mine Set in Motion, Ten Years On
A gap year was the best decision of my life. Who the gap-year data was collected from, what it shows, and what a self-funded year abroad set in motion.
Category · 5 essays
Expat Life
Living and working abroad: the dual life between a home village and a global career, and what moving countries actually costs.
expat-life10 min
Moving to Portugal With an EU Passport: The Order Things Happen In
Guides to moving to Portugal are written for Americans who need a visa. With an EU passport it is a short sequence of appointments, and the order traps people.
expat-life6 min
Dual Life: From the Village, Going Global
The honest cost of going global from a small village: missing family, guilt, friendships on a timer, and the open question of going back. How I carry it.
expat-life7 min
Overcome the Horizon of Possibilities of Your Environment
What you believe is possible is inherited from your environment. How I outgrew a village horizon: Realschule, a factory floor, then work nobody at home could show me.
expat-life7 min
5 Wrong Reasons to Move Abroad (and the One Good One)
Five wrong reasons to move abroad, from a German who has lived in six cities across five countries, and the one reason that holds up after the novelty fades.