Dear United Arab Emirates (Thanks for being there for me)
Dear U.A.E, You and I have been officially together since Thursday, 20th July 2017. You were the only country I had…
Tag: living in the uae
Why bother visiting Abu Dhabi anyway?
Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, has been my home for the last 8 months. It…
A Penguin visits the Middle East
Expat Penguin reporting for duty! Welcome to my first (and hopefully not last) blog post for a certain Panda’ website….
The unglamorous life of an Expat Blogger
Whenever people hear that I have a blog (a piece of information usually revealed by someone in my company and…
Kayaking in the Middle East… Really?
One of the few goals I had when I started this blog was to dispel some myths about the Middle…
Visting Dubai when you live in other Middle Eastern cities…
Dubai is like no other place on earth. I mean I’ve visited 34 countries in my life so far and…
![🌀New Blog Post: How I survive moments of doubt as an expat🌀
5 international moves later and I still struggle with self doubt 🫠
The way I see it, life is a collection of experiments where we constantly learn about ourselves. Maybe we succeed at what we set out to do and/or we learn something. If we’ve learned, we haven’t failed, so never look at anything you do abroad as a failure 🥇
In my blog post today I outline some of the coping strategies and thoughts that help me navigate a new place once I have moved. Give it a read if this is something you’re struggling with or share it with your friends who may have just moved somewhere new! You can find the post from the latest post tab in my bio link 🔗
The worst is when people say, “But you live in Europe, how bad can it be?” in response to any problem I am facing, as if living in a European country is a magical cure-all for all of life’s ills. I WISH.
Have you experienced self doubt when moving abroad?
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