Comments on: When Your Heart is Halfway Around the World

By: Amanda Slavinsky

Amanda Slavinsky — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:26:40 +0000

I am so jealous! Enjoy your time there and eat a lot for me

By: MightyTravels

MightyTravels — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:59:01 +0000

Lol – I’m going to Seoul next month. My 5th trip – can’t get enough of this city!

By: Amanda Slavinsky

Amanda Slavinsky — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:27:41 +0000

I can completely relate, Steph. I’ve lived in places I thought I hated (Philadelphia was a big one), but once I left all I could think about was what I liked about the place. And I can imagine not wanting to leave HCMC! I was there for only 5 days and had a hard time moving on. Good luck with the move!

By: Amanda Slavinsky

Amanda Slavinsky — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:25:34 +0000

I think there is! I’ll have to look it up. I think expats tend to look to the future more than those who are in their home countries because the future is uncertain, which does lend to constant stress and headaches! Good luck with your decision!

By: Jessica of HolaYessica

Jessica of HolaYessica — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:38:20 +0000

Lovely post. That’s definitely the hardest part about living abroad. Isn’t there a quote about leaving little pieces of your heart everywhere you go?

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about long-term goals and whether or not I can achieve those as a foreigner living in Spain. Maybe not…and I know it would be really, really difficult to leave. The almost constant heartache is tough!

By: Steph (@ 20 Years Hence)

Steph (@ 20 Years Hence) — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:39:49 +0000

Aw, Amanda, I get this 100%. I spent 7 years living in Nashville and largely complained the entire time about how it wasn’t the right place for me and how I knew I couldn’t stay there forever. And yet, by the time we left, it really had come to feel like home and even now, 2 years later, I sometimes find myself thinking of it longingly and realizing it still feels like home.

Also, Tony & I just wrapped up 3 months of living in Ho Chi Minh City, not long all things considered, but long enough that it felt like home too and we now miss it so much as well. In that case we didn’t really want to move on, but the universe has conspired to make it so that we had to go. I know we’ll be back again some day, but I know it (and we!) won’t be quite the same.

By: Amanda Slavinsky

Amanda Slavinsky — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:53:46 +0000

It’s always hard to leave a place that held significance in your life. And yes, I miss pretty much every place I’ve spent at least 3 days in Good luck, Laura! I hope we can share some makkeoli and a k-pop dance party sometime in the future.

By: Amanda Slavinsky

Amanda Slavinsky — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:52:44 +0000

Yeah, I think as bad as it may sound sometimes thinking of the negatives is the best way to remember why you left a place and why it was a good idea. I’m glad you are loving Taipei!

By: Amanda Slavinsky

Amanda Slavinsky — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:51:46 +0000

Thank your for the comment! That is a beautiful quote that very accurately describes this kind of pain.

By: Amanda Slavinsky

Amanda Slavinsky — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:46:54 +0000

Love not being enough is probably the perfect way to describe it. There has to be something more there. Good luck with your move!