The Best 4 Hacks You Need to Know Before Moving Abroad
How to feel more at home in your new country
Are you contemplating moving abroad? Maybe you don’t agree with your countries approach on the virus crisis and you are dreaming of moving to Sweden or Costa Rica? Maybe you are ready for a new challenge or maybe you lost everything and it’s time for a fresh new start.
Congratulations. There is never a better time than now.
Moving to another country will completely change your life. It will challenge you as well, but hey, that’s part of the excitement and growth. This piece will give you guidance and practical advice. I silently hope it might even be the final gentle push for you to say:
Yes, I am going to make the jump.
8 Years ago I jumped. More precisely, life made a deep choice for me. I fell in love. Not with a woman, but with an entire Island. Ibiza
She seduced me with her pristine blue waters and paradise beaches and kept me under her vibrant spell ever since.
Ibiza is part of Spain, I am born in Holland and lived there for 43 years. In some ways, these 2 cultures cannot be much further apart, even when it is just a 2,5-hour flight and even when it is both “Europe”.
Moving to another country has taught me many things, and I never regretted one bit of it.
When you just moved abroad, or are contemplating this big lifechanging step, my practical advice will smoothen the change and my takeaways will make you feel at home faster in your new country, culture and life.
1. Don’t take too much stuff with you
This is a very practical one.
In Holland, I had 2 houses, tons of stuff. I sold quite a bit and was still left with too much. So I sold some more and gave things away until I thought I had only the bare essentials left.
The bare essentials where a full truck driving from Holland to Ibiza. Couches, a complete festival audio system and some lights, boxes with my best books, kitchen equipment, 50 drums from a project and things from my parents.