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Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Expatriate to Repatriate Journey: Turning Our World Upside Down...Again

In the last 4 years I've moved a couple times.

At a Glance:
  • 2010 Canada to Germany, 
  • 2012 Germany to Australia, 
  • 2014 Australia to Canada.

That is a lot of moving, packing, purging, Kilometers, and change!

The decision process to move takes a great deal of endurance.  Whether its across town and especially to another continent.  

It is possible that from the outside looking in, it may appear that casually over coffee one morning we just decided to pick up and relocate... and poof there we landed on the other side of the Globe.  No muss no fuss.  

When the energy around making a continental move is well a Continental Shift!

When you are keen and eager to relocate, the physical move is a fairly straight forward. And may look similar to this...





When you are hesitant to relocate, the physical move is substantially more scribbly. Like this...


Either route gets you from A to B. 


As with any major decision there is a tremendous amount of 

  • back and forth, 
  • pros and cons, 
  • ups and downs,
  • tears of joy and sadness
  • along with various and other sundry emotions.  
Think Roller Coaster, and that ride doesn't necessarily stop when you land.
When you arrive at B, you have to start to unpack and untangle what you brought with you, whether you knew you brought it along or not.  


Its a process, just like any move.

You have to decide where stuff will go and how it will fit; one box at a time.  Not just your furniture but yourself. 





2 comments:

Sue said...

Sherry you are so inspiring. Thank you for making sense out of a scribble.

Sherry Trentini said...

Thank you for your kind words Sue!