Getting out of a rut can be a really hard step for many people to take – I know it was for me. It is only a rut if it feels like it – if you love the simplicity of utter predictability that is another story. When I first became an expat and started to [...]
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RUT resistance is a risky business
Posted in Resisting Expat Ruts on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Remember fun?
Posted in Resisting Expat Ruts on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fun stagnancy is a horrid affliction that affects many grow-ups today – and increasingly, children are becoming prone to this dis-ease. We go busily, determinedly, focussedly and doggedly from one thing to the next and often treat the fun things as if they too were ‘shoulds’ or work to be completed. Note to self, define [...]
R U Trying new brain stuff?
Posted in Resisting Expat Ruts on October 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ever felt the sting of dismissal when one of your partner’s colleagues avoids talking to you at a function? You assume it is because he (probably) doesn’t think you have anything worthwhile to say as a ‘trailing spouse’ (how utterly unappealing is that term!!!!). Ever wondered if he might actually be onto something? One expat [...]
RUThlessly reviving relationships
Posted in Resisting Expat Ruts on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I vividly remember the very first argument I had with my new husband during my first expat experience. It was something trivial yet it exposed a big hole in the worry part of my brain. I realized just how alone I could feel when we even temporarily disconnected. At home-home we can run to a [...]
GRUTifying conversations
Posted in Resisting Expat Ruts, tagged expat, expat communication, expat rut on October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
OK so I am getting a little desperate with my headings in trying to get the RUT into my title and out of your experiences. Coincidentally, I am writing about getting out of the communication rut today. OK no coincidence. By getting out of this type of rut, I mean moving away from the predictability [...]
DeRoUTine your weekly jaunts
Posted in Resisting Expat Ruts on October 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Same old burger and fries, large orange juice, walk in the local park after dinner and watch the same old TV program when you get home. The joy of the familiar is half the fun of creating a new environment in your new location. As long as you don’t hibernate there indefinitely. I for one [...]
New ways to stRUT your stuff
Posted in Resisting Expat Ruts, tagged exercise, expat, expat exercise, getting out of a rut on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The old exercise rut is the most comfortable one in the rut closet. We walk twice a week and cycle round the park with the kids on a Sunday and well, we are exercising aren’t we and it is better than nothing… isn’t it? Only if you are physically feeling the benefits of it. Hmmm. [...]
Resisting expat ruts
Posted in Resisting Expat Ruts on October 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ever found that after a while in a new location, you end up doing the same thing, seeing the same people, visiting the same restaurants and getting stuck into a whole new same groove? Well this week, prepare to challenge your current experience and flex your expat experience muscles – we are moving outside the [...]
