I’ve been a big fan of The Displaced Nation for quite some time now. How could I not, with a tagline of ‘A Land of Plenty for the Global Voyager,’ promising advice, opinions and yarns? One of my favorite features on the site is the interview series called Random Nomads. The questions posed aren’t your average ’where [...]
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Career Break? Yes Please!
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Change, Expat Life, Life Balance, Light Bulb Moments, Travel, tagged blogging, burnout, career break, Career Break Secrets, Career Break Secrets Travel Show, career change, global nomad, Jeff Jung, laid off, Random Nomads, serial wanderer, The Displaced Nation, travel, travel writing, unemployed on May 17, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Politics, Near and Far
Posted in Blogging, Change, Culture & Customs, Dutch Life, Expat Life, Global Issues, Netherlands, United States, Writing, tagged austerity measures, blogging, cultural issues, differences, Dutch politics, economic issues, elections, Euro, gay marriage, global issues, global recession, governments, human trafficking, international affairs, local politics, Netherlands, policy wonk, political issues, refugees, similarities, United States, writing on May 10, 2012 | 22 Comments »
Two confessions up front. First, credit where credit is due. A comment about my post on Bridge-Building in the city of Peace and Justice, left by fellow expat and talented writer/blogger Russell VJ Ward*, served as the impetus for this plea post. Second, I am a self-confessed policy wonk and international affairs junkie. I’ve studied it, worked [...]
Bridge-Building in the City of Peace & Justice
Posted in Change, Expat Life, Global Issues, Netherlands, tagged Carnegie Foundation, Charles Taylor, City of Peace and Justice, crimes against humanity, Eurojust, Europol, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, International Criminal Tribunals, Netherlands, OPCW, Peace Palace, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Slobodan Milosevic, The Hague, United Nations, war criminals, Willem Post on May 8, 2012 | 12 Comments »
One of the most interesting aspects of living in The Hague is its international flavor. Today I’m not referring simply to the large number of people living here who come from other lands. I’m talking about its strong ties to global issues. The Hague is known as ‘the City of Peace and Justice’ for a reason: [...]
A Delicate Balancing Act
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Albert Heijn, Change, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Family & Friends, First Year Blur, Light Bulb Moments, New to Nederland, The Animals, tagged Albert Heijn, balancing act, bravery, cat, change, Charley, courage, expat life, expat transition, isolation, limbo, loneliness, Netherlands, new expat, tightrope, walk the ledge on April 28, 2012 | 20 Comments »
It was a chance encounter yesterday on a crowded street that sent me back in time. As I turned the corner onto our nearby shopping street affectionately known as ‘the Fred,’ I caught a snippet of conversation. The young woman was seated at one of the outside tables of a local restaurant, twirling her forefinger along [...]
Multitasking Overload
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Change, Emotional Resilience, Exercise & Sports, Expat Life, Family & Friends, Food and Drink, Life Balance, Third Culture Kids (TCKs), Writing, tagged children, college visits, competing demands, emotional resilience, exercise, expats, fitness, health, parents, sandwich generation, sleep, TCKs, Telegraph, university search, writing on April 20, 2012 | 16 Comments »
A few days ago I wrote of the challenges many of us face being sandwiched between generations. Just like everyone else, we expats do our best to care for, raise and guide our TCK children to adulthood(and beyond) while also staying connected to and supporting our aging parents. We just sometimes have a few wrenches thrown in due to our lack [...]
Sandwich Generation, Expat-style
Posted in Blogging, Change, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Family & Friends, Holidays, Life Balance, Light Bulb Moments, Third Culture Kids (TCKs), Travel, tagged children, elderly, expats, needs, parenting from afar, parents, sandwich generation on April 14, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Recently I caught up with a couple expat friends, enjoying koffie while sharing the latest on comings and goings. Spring is in the air, along with blooming trees, blossoming flowers and plants, and the necessary but dreaded pollen. Students are getting antsy, ready to break free of their daily grind (oh, if they only knew!) of classes, course [...]
Spring Cleaning? Grab Your Bucket
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Change, Expat Life, Life Balance, Writing, tagged bucket, columnist, Expat Focus, monthly column, priorities, spring cleaning, writing on March 28, 2012 | 10 Comments »
Lately there’s been a fair amount of change going on behind the scenes here at Adventures in Expat Land, and it dawned on me that I ought to share some of it with you. Like you, I lead a fairly busy life. One that’s full of family, work projects, friends, activities and interests. Add to [...]
The First Time I Felt At Home in Singapore
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Change, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Guest Posts, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, tagged Adventures in Expat Land, expat transitions, I Was an Expat Wife, Maria Foley, new beginnings, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, NSEW on January 18, 2012 | 4 Comments »
NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches With 2012 still fresh and new, this month’s NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches examines beginnings from the four corners of the globe: Linda/Yours Truly www.adventuresinexpatland.com in Netherlands is NORTH Russell www.insearchofalifelessordinary.com in Australia is SOUTH Erica www.expatriababy.com in Japan is EAST and Maria www.iwasanexpatwife.com in Canada is WEST. This month finds Erica at I Was an Expat Wife, writing [...]
Love, Peace, Action
Posted in Change, Family & Friends, Holidays, Light Bulb Moments, tagged 2012, call to action, Christmas, family, friends, holiday season, love, New Year's Eve, peace, resolutions on December 30, 2011 | 12 Comments »
If you’ve come looking for a succinct list of New Year’s resolutions, you’re in the wrong place. I wish I could be of more help, but unfortunately I’m not quite there yet. Believe it or not, this is actually one of my favorite times of the year because to my mind, it truly is a [...]
Behold, Albert Heijn is Nigh
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Albert Heijn, Change, Culture & Customs, Dutch Life, Expat Life, Food and Drink, Netherlands, tagged aisle, Albert Heijn, autodidactic, clerk, food shopping, grocery store, hand-held scanner, major renovations, wine on December 10, 2011 | 12 Comments »
If you’ve noticed a distinct decrease in the stress waves emanating from The Hague, you’ve Albert Heijn to thank. It’s true. My beloved neighborhood AH store has reopened after fourteen days undergoing major renovations. Fourteen long, arduous days. Despite Daughter’s original plaintive question (‘will we starve to death?’), we have survived just fine. I sucked [...]
Suffer the Little Shoppers Unto Albert Heijn
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Albert Heijn, Change, Culture & Customs, Dutch Life, Expat Life, Food and Drink, Netherlands, tagged Albert Heijn, daily shopping, food shopping, grocery store, major renovations on December 4, 2011 | 20 Comments »
I apologize upfront if my paraphrasing of a biblical quotation brought you here under false pretenses, but I’m in a bit of a quank. Quank. You know, a cross between a funk and a quandary. What difficult situation has me in these depths of despair? My beloved neighborhood Albert Heijn grocery store is closed for renovations. Not [...]
Steve Jobs Truly ‘Got It’
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Change, Life Balance, Light Bulb Moments, tagged Apple, genius, inspirational, Ipad, Iphone, Ipod, Macintosh, Steve Jobs, technological innovation, visionary, writing on October 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »
When you think of people in the past decades who have deeply influenced the world with their innovations, inventions, inspiration and sheer presence, the list isn’t all that long. Steve Jobs had incredible vision. He definitely saw things as they could be, and far beyond that. People know that he co-founded Apple, and brought the world the Apple [...]
Uncertainty in Expat Life
Posted in Change, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Family & Friends, Repatriation, tagged David Pollock, expat life, expat transitions, job loss, RAFT, Repatriation, Ruth Van Reken, uncertainty on August 29, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Anyone who tries to tell you that expat life is a piece of cake, with everyone living the high life and doing whatever they please wherever they want to, is sadly misinformed. The truth is, living abroad is a lot like living in your home/birth/passport country. Except for the whole cross-cultural aspect to it, and the [...]
Whatever Happened to Easing In??
Posted in Change, Family & Friends, Writing, tagged getting up early, green tea, less caffeine, tired on August 18, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Okay, I’m going to do my very best not to whine today. Or at least not whine very much. I get that when it’s back-to-school time, I have to get up earlier. At o’dark thirty, to be precise. That school began on the 17th of August is neither fair nor pleasant, but I roll with it. Throwing [...]
Halfway Through 2011
Posted in Change, Holidays, Life Balance, tagged 2011, accountability, midyear, New Year's Resolutions on July 31, 2011 | 12 Comments »
It’s the end of July, which means summer is more than halfway over (gasp!). More importantly, at least for purposes of this post, it means that we’re more than halfway through 2011. If we go by months, we have only 5/12 of the year remaining. Damn. Dag. As I think about 2011 and what this year has brought, I’ve found myself [...]
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