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There has never been a person leaving America to another country where everything has gone to plan. The most valuable skill for any person living abroad is flexibility. Never get stuck on a path without being willing to pivot. You could spend your whole life analyzing and planning for different scenarios that will never happen. Instead, you should just start the process and see how it all shakes out. Remember, moving out of the country isn’t hard, it’s just specific. There is a way and that way is forward. If you need help figuring out your American exit plan, schedule a call with me. Moving to another country will never get easier the longer you wait, it will only get harder, more complicated, and less likely. 🆘🇺🇸 #creatorsearchinsights

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If you're thinking about leaving America to another country, there are so many what ifs. You get hung up on the million different scenarios about what if, what if my family member gets sick, what if I lose my job, what if the world comes crashing down? And the reality is, if those things happen, no matter where you live, you will figure it out. No matter the situation, you will figure it out because I believe in you. I know that if you lost your job in America, you would figure it out. And the same is true if you were living abroad and you lost your job, you would figure it out. You would scramble, you would hustle, you would make it happen, just like you always have. Moving abroad doesn't take away all of your abilities to problem solve and make decisions and have autonomy over your life. In fact, it gives you more control over your life and you're able to make decisions that are about you instead of other people's expectations. Sometimes people talk about leaving America to another country as if it's some sort of death sentence, like you will not be able to return, you will not be able to be involved in anything happening back in the United States ever again. And that's just not the truth. Technology allows us to stay in touch with friends and family if you so choose, not out of obligation, but because you want to. And that's more important in meaningful anyways. What I don't want people to do is let the fear of not knowing how you would solve a problem if you were out of the country, stop you from moving out of the country because you somehow think you will not be able to solve the problem. This is really for the people in my community who are saying they need to have some exact concrete plan before they take a single step in the direction of moving abroad. And that is just not the way things work in the real world. You cannot know how every situation, every scenario will be solved. And you cannot know everything before you take those first steps. Your plan and your life as a person who lives abroad will be ever changing. It's fluid, it moves, it breathes, it changes over time. And that is okay, that's not wrong. You are a dynamic person and what you want changes over time, how you feel changes over time. And your experience as a person who lives in another country should reflect how you currently want to live. Stop fooling yourself into thinking that you are going to solve every single what if before you leave to move abroad. You're not going to solve every what if, not if you stay in America and not if you live in a new country. It will never happen. If we haven't met yet, I'm Veronica and I help Americans plan their exit from the United States. Five years ago, my family and I left for good and we've been happy living abroad and I teach Americans that they can be happy to even when you don't know every single thing that's going to happen before it does.

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