Who? Why? How? We’re here to look at who decides to live overseas, why they do, and how they accomplish it.
There are probably as many reasons to live outside of your native country as there are people who do so. In my case, my husband and I realized several years ago that, if we stay here, we will never be able to afford to retire. Add to this my lifelong desire to spend significant time in another country, and we began looking at the possibilities of retiring overseas.
But that’s not the only reason, not by a long shot!
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By FutureExpat, on August 3rd, 2010
photo by vincepal on flickr
Recently it seems as though I’ve been stumbling across all sorts of reasons to expatriate — or not — from all sorts of different sources.
All the reasons, though, fall into one of two categories:
running away from something
running toward something
In general, the coaches I’ve been in touch with agree
Continue reading Are You Running Toward. . . or Running Away?
By FutureExpat, on July 20th, 2010
Recently I asked the question:
Health Care Abroad: are we writing
Just the right amount
Too much
Not enough
The results are in — and I wish more of you had responded.
A whopping eighty-three percent of respondents clicked “just the right amount.” Thanks, guys!
Seventeen percent said there’s not enough health care coverage.
And nobody indicated there was too much.
So
Continue reading Results of Health Care Coverage Poll
By FutureExpat, on June 22nd, 2010
Periodically, I’m going to insert a brief poll to get some feedback from you, readers, about whether you’re finding what you want and need here.
Today, since we’ve just been discussing health care, I’m asking for some input on how well we’re doing in that department. I’d really appreciate it if you’d take a
Continue reading What Would You Like to Read About?
By FutureExpat, on June 18th, 2010
 I’m a big fan of Kathleen Peddicord’s website, Live and Invest Overseas. I get her Overseas Opportunity Letter, and look forward to it hitting my inbox every day. I even subscribe to her Overseas Retirement Letter.
Most of the time, I think she and her writers are completely on target. Once in a while,
Continue reading Enough to Make Anyone Sick
By FutureExpat, on June 12th, 2010
On June 10, EFAM published an article titled America — the Grim Truth. And grim it was indeed!
“Americans, I have some bad news for you,” the article starts.
“You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin.
“If you had any idea of how people really
Continue reading Americans, I Have Some Bad News for You
By FutureExpat, on June 4th, 2010
A few days ago I had a long phone call with my mother, and told her about our plans to move overseas. She handled it better than I expected, and I give her a lot of credit. (She expressed far more unhappiness years ago when we told her we were moving from upstate
Continue reading OK, I Told My Mom
By FutureExpat, on May 25th, 2010
Last October I asked the question, “Is US health care driving Americans to move abroad?” You can read the original post here.
I followed up the question and post with a poll. When the poll closed, 19% of respondents listed health care as the “most important” reason for their move and a whopping 69%
Continue reading It’s Official: US Health Care IS Driving Americans to Move Abroad
By FutureExpat, on May 17th, 2010
 Well, I’ve done it. I’ve committed the unforgiveable blogging sin: I haven’t kept up with my posting schedule.
Normally I put up a new article every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. But the past couple of weeks, I’ve only done two, and not on schedule. My bad.
I’ve gotten distracted by another project. Shame on me.
Continue reading The Sin of the Blogger
By FutureExpat, on April 19th, 2010
2010 Convention of NASSCOM, India's IT and Outsourcing Trade Association
Last month, the US Congress passed health care reform legislations and the President signed it. While it doesn’t appear it will make much of a difference to US citizens living overseas, Global Post reports that outsourcing of jobs to India will increase because
Continue reading US Healthcare Reform Brings Jobs to India
By FutureExpat, on April 12th, 2010
It’s been a while since I’ve done any kind of list, so I thought I’d give you a look today at some of the expat blogs I follow, and that you might find helpful, too.
Empty Nest Expat. Currently living in Prague, the blogger describes herself as “an American expatriate bursting with enthusiasm to
Continue reading 9 Expat Blogs to Follow
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