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 31st, 2010
 Guest Post by Mike Henry
Photo by Rudy Herman on flickr
As I write this, the movie Eat, Pray, Love is hitting the cinemas in the United States. I am sure most people are already familiar with the story.
The book’s author, Elizabeth Gilbert, is frustrated with her life in the United States and decides
Continue reading Living in the Land of Love
By FutureExpat, on July 23rd, 2010
photo by unoguy on Flickr
This is the third part of a series on life coaching for expats. If you missed the first, you can read it here. In Part I I introduced the six coaches who contributed to this discussion, and reviewed what life coaching is and how expat coaching differs from
Continue reading Another Portable Career: Expat Coaching
By FutureExpat, on July 13th, 2010
If you plan to start a business overseas — and most of you indicated you’ll have to generate some income to finance your overseas lifestyle — Panama is the country to look at. According to Kathleen Peddicord, publisher of the Overseas Retirement Letter, the country’s friendliness to business is why she and her
Continue reading Panama, Sweet Panama
By FutureExpat, on June 29th, 2010
 In recent months, we’ve explored writing, photography, art, running a B&B, teaching English as a foreign language and other options for supporting yourself in your new overseas life. Some – running a B&B and teaching – require you to be in a specific place. Others – writing and photography – allow you to
Continue reading Support Yourself Overseas Using a Website or Blog
By FutureExpat, on June 8th, 2010
 Sun, surf and white sand beaches. . . glamorous evenings. . . gourmet meals. . . what image does life as a travel writer conjure for you?
Travel writing is indeed a glamorous career, and it might be just the ticket for you to pay for your overseas life.
Earlier this evening I joined
Continue reading Support Yourself Overseas as a Travel Writer
By FutureExpat, on May 3rd, 2010
It's a Widget!
A couple of weeks ago I posted a piece titled Dumb Suggestons for Finding Freelance Work Overseas. In it, I disagreed strongly with the author of an article who had suggested using Craigslist, Elance.com and Freelancer.com to come up with freelance gigs to support your overseas lifestyle.
I won’t re-hash my
Continue reading Are You Just Another Freelance Widget?
By FutureExpat, on April 21st, 2010
 Earlier today my eye was caught by the headline, “Finding Freelance Work Overseas.”
“Great!” I thought. “Maybe I can pick up some tips and pointers for making my work location independent.” (I’ve posted about this before.)
In a word, wrong!
The author wrote:
“The following are some helpful resources to get you started working freelance jobs
Continue reading Dumb Suggestions for Finding Freelance Work Overseas
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
By FutureExpat, on March 31st, 2010
 If you paint fine paintings, sculpt, write poetry or novels or compose music, you’ve probably already considered financing your new overseas life by selling your creative products. And the process probably isn’t very different from doing it in your home country.
As a side benefit,the move will probably stir your creative juices and give
Continue reading Earn a Living In Your New Country as an Artisan
By FutureExpat, on March 26th, 2010
 Photography falls somewhere squarely in the middle between an art and a craft, but either way it could help you earn your living in your new international location.
For most of us, “photography” means grabbing the point-and-shoot and clicking away at kids, pets, grandkids and special events. That’s not what I’m talking about. Frankly,
Continue reading Live to Photograph? Or Photograph to Live?
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