08/04/2026
When we move abroad, we don’t just leave our country, we leave our original “script.”
Maybe that’s even one of the reasons we chase a life far away. It certainly was for me. I craved new circumstances where I no longer had to be:
- The proper, quiet girl who follows her family’s expectations
- The “weird” one who doesn’t want to conform
- The one pressured to step into the family business
- The one who isn’t allowed to make her own choices
- The one who feels intimidated because society decides for her
And hell yeah, it felt amazing to feel free from all of that, to rediscover myself and create a new version of me.
But what I didn’t notice was that in my desire to belong in a new place (to be accepted by new friends and my partner’s family) I lost myself again… in new scripts.
Because in the end, the same patterns can still limit us from living an authentic life.
Now I had become:
- The girl who needs to blend in to be part of a family
- The girl who needs a big career to prove it was all worth it
- The girl who speaks the language perfectly to be taken seriously
- The girl who suppresses her wishes just to keep the peace
- The girl who’s afraid of being seen as “weird” again
But how does that happen? How do you move abroad and still end up living someone else’s life? Always carrying that fear of not belonging?
Trust me, after 30 years of living abroad, I wish I had understood this sooner:
✨ You don’t need permission to live a free life. ✨
Don’t waste your energy on judgments, opinions, or expectations.
You are allowed to choose a life that makes no sense to others, to be misunderstood and still feel at peace, to stop over-explaining your choices, to stop performing… and start living.
Your only job is to build a life that feels like yours when no one is watching!