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All in Living Abroad
Nine straight weeks of guests in our Cancun apartment and I’m back to quiet 5 a.m. tea and solo café writing sessions. We loved every visit — but even the best company needs an adjustment when you actually live here.
When everything is new—the language, the currency, the traffic laws, the humidity—your brain is running on high alert 24/7. You are processing a million micro-decisions just to buy groceries or cross the street. It is thrilling, yes. But it is also a recipe for burnout.
One of the defining traits of the "Digital Monarch Butterfly" lifestyle—living in two places—is the sudden realization that your hobbies and habits don't neatly pack into a carry-on. When I’m in Canada, I take for granted that I can drive ten minutes to get a canvas or order specialized electronics that arrive the next day. When I’m in Mexico, I have to get creative.
When it comes to choosing a location for long term travel, I strongly recommend taking your time to choose. We stayed in several cities for a few weeks to a couple of months, making sure it was right for us.
“How can you afford to live abroad half the year at your age? You must be very successful…”
What if you time in a foreign land wasn’t measured in days or weeks, but months or years? The experience is different. Very different.
