It’s Sunday – what can I say? It’s my 200th blog and it needs to be profound. My first teaching job taught me (I am sure) more about the world than what my kids learnt. Watching the way they engaged so fully in every task, every toy, every activity, song and story made me think [...]
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Annalena’s painting advice
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Use caution when asking locals for directions
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This absolutely does not apply to every country in the world, but I have heard it said about many. The amount of times I have dismissed this expat advice, I have lived to regret it. The first few times it happened to me, I thought I had heard wrong or that they were simply playing [...]
Are expats more easily conned?
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I recieve negative advice I tend to initially reject it, but when I heard this one it hit a little close to the bone. So I took it out of the expat advice box it had come so neatly wrapped in and analyzed it a little. And found it to be somewhat true. OK [...]
Everything happens for a reason
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The world looks like a different place when you accept the experiences that turn up in your daily in-box. Rather than resist the difficult, scary and challenging situations that occur, stepping back and thinking about why they are occurring at this time and in this place can give you clarity on many things. Now we [...]
Ask for what you need
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Great expat advice isn’t always easy to come by – but it is powerful when you do find it. Imagine if we had all learned to ask for what we need as young children? Then instead of always focussing on what we wanted and assuming we couldn’t have it, we would (as adults) feel empowered [...]
Hang out with smart people
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom, tagged advice I got, best expat advice, words to live by on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whilst not specifically the best expat advice I ever got, I have totally applied this advice to my expat life. I believe it works because it, a) scares the XXXX out of me, b) teaches me so much about what I don’t know about a topic, and most importantly, c) stretches me beyond that which [...]
You can always go home…
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
‘Did I hear correctly? Did you really utter those words of failure and giving up and of all that is the antithesis os expatedness?’ I asked. “Well yes I did – and you can’ she replied. And even at that low time and in that scary place, I knew she was right. Living at choice [...]
Invest in experiences not things
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom on July 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This was the very first piece of travel advice I ever received – almost 30 years ago – when I went on my first trip overseas. It is a wonder I listened to it actually, because it came from my new husband’s ex-girlfriend… I remember standing watching a game of rugby in the freezing cold [...]
The best expat advice I ever got was….
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom on July 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Expat myths are sometimes cleverly disguised as helpful expat advice and it is quite handy to be able to tell the wolf in sheep’s clothing. When you do learn this lovely little trick, it is worth it’s weight in gold, because then you can identify when you receive a pearl of wisdom that makes your [...]
