Want to skip the country?

Hello. And welcome! We’re very pleased to see you here.

If you are thinking about moving country, or are even just toying gently with the idea, you’ve come to the right place. Take note: extended perusal of this blog may result in major, life-changing decisions. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

We hope to show you how to take that small, nagging idea that you might just, possibly, like to try living in another country, and turn it into your new reality. We know what we’re talking about - we’ve all gone through it ourselves and lived to tell the tale! You can read more about our stories over here.

I picture you reading this in your office (at work! you naughty thing you!), cup of coffee close at hand, rain hammering on the window. Maybe you just got back from a wonderful holiday and are wondering why on earth you came home. Maybe you always meant to travel but life got in the way. Maybe you just hit your thirties, and are looking around you and thinking - is this it? And so you daydream about sipping cocktails on a tranquil beach, or sharing a plate of tapas with your newfound Spanish friends, or window-shopping on the Champs Elysee after work…

But then reality kicks in, and you remember your real life, your friends, your career path, and all the rest of it - and somehow, it all just seems too impossible.

But actually, it really isn’t impossible. Quite the reverse. In fact, moving to another country - for those of us born in the Western world with the unspeakable privileges of wealth, education, and freedom - is not only possible, but easy.

The hard part is waking up at 65 and realizing that you never lived the life you dreamed of. That you were too scared - or worse, too sensible - to even try.

You are not stuck. You just need an idea, a bit of planning, a bit of a push and the courage to leap into the unknown. My guess is that, if you’re reading  this blog, you’ve already got an idea for what you would do if you could. Paris? Thailand? Madrid? The Maldives?

We have made it our mission to lend a hand with the planning and give you the little push that you need to get going. We’d like to give you all the help we wish we’d had when we moved, so you can avoid making the same mistakes we did. And we’d like to share with you just how gloriously wonderful it can be to just GO! Skip the country, run for the hills, leave all your safe little plans for a nice normal life behind you and let yourself soar.

After all, what have you got to lose?

Got a question for us? Want to share your own experiences? Drop us an email at howtoskipthecountry@gmail.com - we’d love to hear from you.

Written by: Rosie