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3 Of The Greatest Challenges Of Living Abroad
I am from the USA and live full-time in Colombia. It’s wonderful, but not always.
6 min readNov 8, 2021
Lately, I have been telling you all of the wonderful things about living abroad as an ex-pat. As it is wonderful, I do not want to gloss over that it is not always sunshine and rainbows.
I do not float on a cloud and think my life is wonderful all the time.
Today, I almost had a meltdown. I have about 2 a month.
Why? Because things are not always easy in another country.
Before I start:
These are just some tips, just so you know!
I 1000% still recommend moving abroad, and I will not return home. Yet, I do think transparency is very important, and would never want you to pack your bags and think, Sara’s life is perfect, it is far from perfect.
Therefore it must be easy, breezy. It is same same, but different- as they say in Thailand!
