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Expatriation Is A Great Way To Become Better
I’ll vouch for it anytime anywhere!
I have now lived abroad for more than 5 years and I can confidently assure it has had a major impact on who I am and how I perceive myself.
At first, I believed it was only because I was becoming older, getting close to the big 3–0.
However, my past month and a half in France has made me notice that my thirst for evolution is much lower where I grew up than on the other side of the world.
Of course, I am not saying I have given up on my goals while in France, but the way I have approached it and the results have seemed somewhat off-par.
And that’s when I remembered the huge difference: Home is comfortable.
There’s nothing wrong with that of course.
But living abroad confronts you with a whole lot of challenges you just cannot face in your homeland. Those are known as “culture shock”.
