This little DIY travel medicine box is great for travel across town or travel across the world. You never know when you’ll need medicine and this will help you keep them organized and easy to access.
Category: Moving Overseas
El Shaddai is in the Waiting
We are not alone in the seasons of waiting. When we are discouraged in the waiting, let’s zoom out of the snapshot we are living in during that moment and look at the big picture.
Tips for Transition: Leaving your Host Country
Transitions can be stressful and I’m here to help you as much as I can. I’ve compiled a few helpful tips and a free printable for major moving transitions, especially from your host country to your passport country.
12 Things I Miss About America
As we celebrate another Independence Day away from our county, I thought I’d share a few things I miss about America. Happy Fourth of July 2020!
13 Incredibly Helpful Items You Should Consider Packing When You Move Abroad
Moving abroad is overwhelming and it’s hard to know where to even start. Look no further for thirteen items that have helped me in life overseas and that you should consider bringing too.
A Complete Packing List for Your South Asian Adventure
I am 100% a list lover. I love check lists, to-do lists, tending lists, and packing lists. I’m one of those people who never begins packing for any trip without a list. I’m excited to bring you a packing list for your journey to South Asia because I’m assuming you want to see the amazing and beautiful sights and people in this region of the world.
Supplies that have Helped me in Language Study
I love organization, if you can’t already tell, and I also love pretty things. Which is why I put thought into my language notebooks even before I actually moved overseas and began learning a foreign language. I definitely could have purchased a notebook here and I’m sure it would have all worked out. But… a moleskin quality notebook with paper that is मोटा (thick or fat) would have been a tossup to even find and if found where I live now, would have been more expensive due to import fees. Thus, I brought moleskins and happy writing utensils from the States.
How to Pack up your Whole Life into Six Suitcases
It has now been almost 6 months since my husband and I packed up our lives into six fifty-pound suitcases. It was quite a process of sorting, throwing, giving, donating, and deciding what we wanted to take with us to South Asia. There were days I felt like I was just on autopilot and wasn’t able to fully process what I was actually doing and preparing for. There were days of sadness, mourning friends and family I wouldn’t be able to see as often as I had or, as trivial as it may seem, moments of sadness regarding items I had truly grown to cherish that I simply couldn’t take with me.
1,000 dollars & 8,000 miles for the 1st Date: How I Met My Husband
I was at a place of such contentment in my singleness that I felt pretty neutral about a guy who was living on another continent having my number. My friends said great things about him, so it couldn’t hurt to talk or text, right? I didn’t have any expectations and I thought, “Why not give it a shot.”
The Courage to Let Go: Embracing New Normals
I’m learning that letting go might mean that my to-do list for the day includes 1/2 of the first task on the list instead of the usual American 17 tasks per day.