Why being proactive is important for the accompanying expat partner

Don't live as a shadow in somebody else’s life. Live your own life; one that feels right to you.

As an expat partner, the emphasis is on you being proactive. Why? Because all the people you’re (hopefully) meeting will probably already have established lives. They aren’t waiting for you to slot into their lives, so you must be the proactive one; to go out there and make friends and create your life.

You simply can’t just rely on other people to make the effort, including your partner, to be the ones to ensure your happiness.

In this episode, I want to take a look at ways you can reclaim your identity and making your expat life your own; to enjoy where you are and, basically, to make the best of it!

Many accompanying expat partners say that as soon as they take complete ownership for their own happiness and stop relying on each other that they really start to be happy.

Your life starts when you make it happen.

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