Living abroadadvantages and disadvantages of Living adroad

Living abroadadvantages and disadvantages of Living adroad

Ever imagined yourself speaking another language fluently? Well, this could be your chance to be immersed in that language you’ve always wanted to learn!

Learning the local language is absolutely necessary if you plan to stay for a while (especially if you move to France like we did!)

I’m a bit of a language fanatic (I’ve written a TON about Duolingo and iTalki, my two VERY favorite language tools that I can’t live without!) but even if you’re not interested in learning languages, there’s something so beautiful about being surrounded by words you don’t know. Who knows, maybe you’ll convert! (;

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Put Yourself Outside of Your Comfort Zone

Learning a new language in a new country with new foods and new friends and new streets… I’d say that’s the definition of putting yourself outside of your comfort zone! You will learn a lot about yourself by living abroad and you may grow as a person a lot faster!

You are constantly being presented with new obstacles and challenges that you have to figure out, usually on your own or in a language you don’t fully understand. If that doesn’t refine a person, I don’t know what will!

Although I can’t say that I’m the most patient, I actually only cried a handful of times during the process of moving to France! lol

I prepared myself for the absolute worst (our story of finding an apartment was a bit of a nightmare) and surprised myself when French came out of my mouth even under the most stressful situations.

Get ready to prove to yourself that you can handle SO MUCH MORE than you thought you could. Okay, inspirational speech over!

Adventure Every Time You Leave Your Home

Ever get sick of doing the same things every day? I can promise you that a huge advantage of living abroad is that it will solve a lot of that.