In today’s busy world where most couples each have jobs and we are all burdened by tons of responsibility, it can be hard to live a dream and move abroad. I know that I’ve long wanted to get back overseas to live, but professional and personal (family, spouse with a job) reasons have made it hard to pick up and go. But should that stop you (or me for that matter?). Well, that is a matter of personal circumstance, but sometimes the holdup can have to do with more banal issues of inertia like answering the question of how? The idea of moving abroad with your spouse and family might seem daunting. Too much paperwork, too many logistical issues, and so on.
Herewith I offer a solution…or at least a post about a book filled with solutions. Expatriate Press publishes Robin Pascoe’s A Movable Marriage-Relocate Your Relationship without Breaking It. The book provides gobs of valuable advice for couples and families moving overseas.
The topics range from issues like making the move itself to the mental preparation for such a move. There is a chapter on “Dual Career Challenges” and “Isolation and Dependence”, two issues that can happen when you are in a foreign place away from the support of family and friends.
She also offers at the end a list of other books and Web sites that you can check out should a movable marriage be part of your life’s goals. Check out Pascoe’s personal/professional Web site as well, where you can get more information and even ask the author some questions to help you get overseas.