People often assume that leaving the U.S. was easy for me because I am such an advocate for others to escape. But, that’s not the case at all. Leaving the US is incredibly hard. It feels like parts of my heart are just exposed and left back in America. When I think about my loved ones who are still back in the United States, my heart breaks. The way I see it though, I am not going to sacrifice my own kids to stay near people who don’t want to save themselves. It would be much harder to send my kids into a potential gun crime scene everyday than it is to fly home a few times per year. I picked my hard. 🆘🇺🇸 #creatorsearchinsights
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Leaving the U.S. is hard, but staying in the U.S. is also hard. You've got to pick your heart. People often comment on my videos saying all the reasons why it makes sense that they can't leave the United States and I must not have any of those situations in my life. But in fact, I've had lots of situations as I've lived abroad for five years that have made me question whether or not moving abroad was the right choice. In the first country I was living in, my brother died and I had to travel home for the funeral. That was absolutely Earth-shaking and devastating for my family. And in the time that we've been abroad, I've had family members hospitalized where I've had to rush back because they are either dying or in a really bad situation. I've also had my best friend have a baby and I flew back immediately to make sure I was there while she was in the hospital having that baby. So anyone that comes to my page and thinks that girl doesn't have any connections to the United States, it's easy for her to leave the family that's requiring her to stay here. She just left and it's all severed ties, that is absolutely not the case. It's hard to leave, but it's also hard to stay. If I would have stayed, my mental health would have continued to collapse. I would have constantly been in anxiety and worry about my kids' safety. And the risks and the benefits of leaving versus staying, I mean, I just weighed them all out for me personally and I said, "It sucks that I cannot be there for my family every step of the way or be there for my best friends and watch my nieces and nephews grow up in person all of the time." But what also sucks is that America freaking sucks and I did not want to raise my own children that I chose to bring into this world in a place that is so freaking miserable. So yes, it was hard leaving the U.S. full stop, very hard, but still worth it.
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Replying to @seraphina.shop You may not realize this, but you have over 300,000 items in your home. Selling everything in your house is a great way to build your move abroad fund. When we left the country all our stuff for a family of 4 fit into 8 suitcases. In my minimalism e-course I teach you how to solve the underlying reasons why you accumulate stuff to begin with. Once you get rid of your stuff you are able to leave with money in your pocket and no stress about your possessions. Minimalism actually allowed us to turn our house into an Airbnb which is one of our main funding sources of our life abroad. 🆘🇺🇸
Everywhere you live has trade offs. In the U.S. you sacrifice safety for economic opportunity. For our family, we weren’t willing to live with that risk. Moving across the world gave us a sense of calm and freedom that is worth the loss of income potential. No amount of money could ever make up for the possibility that our kid could be gunned down at school in America. I don’t let parents pretend to be ignorant to the reality of gun violence in schools. You can’t just pretend you don’t realize that’s a possibility everyday you send your kids to school. Either admit you are wiling to take the risk or do something about it. The something we did was to move abroad where school shootings don’t happen. 🆘🇺🇸 #creatorsearchinsights
You don’t owe anyone an explanation for why you want to leave the United States. Whatever your reasons are for wanting to move to another country, they are enough. All the data supports your idea that leaving is best. Your mental health, your safety, and your future self all deserve to get out. I ran away from America five years ago and it was the best decision of our lives. We are all happier because we left. 🆘🇺🇸 #creatorsearchinsights
Replying to @justjaimie123 Saying you can’t leave the country because of money is your cover story. There is something deeper happening. You haven’t let your heart accept that leaving is what you really want. When someone wants something badly enough and they let themselves feel that, solutions will come. People make things happen if they want the bad enough. You will have to do things you have never done to go places you have never gone. If money was the only obstacle, you would have figured out how to get it by now. 🆘🇺🇸