I made every classic mistake in the process, but moving abroad was still the best decision I made. I listened to scared people tell me all the reasons it wouldn't work. I defended my choice to people who were never going to support it. I doom-scrolled American news like I was still living there. None of that was smart. All of it was wasted energy. But here's what matters: I still left. And I'm still gone. Five years later. Because the mistakes you make WHILE moving abroad don't determine whether moving abroad works. They just make the process harder than it needs to be. You don't need to do everything perfectly. You just need to do the one thing that matters: actually go. I wasted months on things that didn't matter. Seeking approval I didn't need. Explaining decisions to people who weren't coming with me. Staying emotionally tethered to a country I'd left. And it was STILL the right call. Despite all of it. You're going to make mistakes too. You'll listen to the wrong people. Waste energy on pointless conversations. Stay too connected to what you left behind. Do it anyway. The decision is still right even if the execution is messy. Link in bio when you're ready to move imperfectly instead of staying stuck perfectly. ๐๐บ๐ธ #TikTokCreatorSearchInsightsIncentive
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Here are three mistakes I made as a suburban American mom who moved abroad. Number one, I listened to advice from people I would not trade places with. I let outside influence dictate way too many decisions in this move abroad process. And I realize now that who you take advice from really matters in this process. Number two is I wasted time explaining myself to people who were committed to misunderstanding me. You know those types, the types that intentionally are obtuse and just act like what you're doing is crazy. They always were going to think that no matter which way you explain it to them, no matter how eloquent you were, they want to think that what you're doing is crazy. Because what you're doing, if you're moving abroad, it says something about them. And they are feeling some sort of way about themselves and they're taking it out on you. And number three is that I spent way too much time focusing on what was happening back in America. I left that country because I was sick and tired of it and I really wanted to get my eyes off of what was happening on that train wreck. I just didn't know how. I felt like I needed to know everything. Like the more information, like it would make me just squash my anxiety in some way. But the reality is not my monkeys, not my circus. I am not in that country anymore. And I don't want to know the ins and the outs and the every detail of the chaos going on. I want to just live my calm European life because that's what I decided to do. If you're a suburban American mom feeling stuck in the United States, I can help with that. I help Americans figure out which visas they qualify for around the world. And then I help you use that visa to move abroad. The links to work with me are in my bio and I can't wait to help you leave the United States in 2026.
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