If you are a new expat you probably are. I have a few thoughts and you can check them out here at my expat survival guide series. Transitioning into life as a new expat can be really challenging. It isn’t all drinking gin and long lunches – you need to find some friends first before all of that comes along, and even then you may find yourself without the time or the energy to even think about that.
As an expat the annual trip home can be both exciting and heartbreaking. As time goes on often people we considered close friends slip away. Here are some tips to help manage and maintain those relationships.
There is that dream about expat life, that you are surrounded by domestic help and life is all gin and tonics, manicures and long lunches….well it might be for you, but it definitely isn’t for me. Well apart from the gin and tonic…life is still messy, literally and figuratively
Expat Survival Guide – Part 5 – Our discourse changes with those we know. The further along time goes our relationships change. This is natural and can be painful. You need to work out how best to manage during these times.
Expat Survival Guide – Part 6 – A bit about traveling home for the first time. I learnt a few lessons last Christmas and since then I have figured out my mistake with packing.
Expat guilt is a real thing. Guilt over leaving home, uprooting children and social inequity all find ways of seeping into our hearts and minds. Here are a few thoughts and strategies which may be helpful.
Expat Survival Guide – Part 4 – A bit about the social jungle. In between the queen bee’s and wannabe’s you will find true, wonderful and fulfilling friendships that can last a lifetime.
Expat Survival Guide Part 2 – A bit about domestic help. Some tips and advice from someone who has learnt the hard way.
Expat Survival Guide – Part 1. I find myself offering advice now to newbies in the expat community. I thought it might help to write a few pointers down. The stuff I would have found helpful when I first arrived. First up – A bit about culture.
Expat Survival Guide – Part 3 – Transitions can be really challenging, especially when you have to help your whole family get through this difficult time. Hang in there, it does get better.
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