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....so I stumbled on this group of black women expats living in the Caribbean. One just moved with her hubs from Houston in Nov 2020 and another moved solo from ATL in July -- both during the pandemic, mind you -- and they were chatting abt the insurrection, recent elections...+
Dual citizenship, returning back to the states to vote then quickly getting back to their new homes, what their new lives are like in general. The sense of calm and peace and the "life without looking over my shoulder and waking up nauseated and anxious everyday" is just....wow.
One was early retired (ATL) but the majority of the others were still working, a few self employed and a few taking full advantage of the new remote work reality and I'm just overjoyed listening to and watching these sisters because...yeah. *deep exhale*
This was after listening to a friend call me in a full blown panic attack about microaggressions on the job in this hillbilly town where she works and whether or not she should fight and file EEOC or take medical leave and "my blood pressure was sky high and I can't even sleep.."
And it took a full 45 minutes to get her off the ledge, out of the clouds and back to the realization that 99% of the time your obituary will be written before EEOC actually processes your complaint.
This is NO WAY TO LIVE.
This is NO WAY TO LIVE.
And though I don't know what's inside anyone's wallet, I will say these sisters were legit *down to earth* and "here's how I did it" and "here's what I sacrificed in order to make this move" and in no way, shape, form or fashion disillusioned. These were *grown* women.
What I don't think people realize is that people move from country to country *all the time* It's not that big of a deal and the longer this pandemic goes on the deeper the whole world will be in remote work of *some* kind, which makes even a 50-50 life possible.
What makes it a big deal is *how* you want to live when you leave the states because let's face it, the Caribbean is not the states and even those of us who don't think we have entitlement syndrome do have *some* degree of entitlement albeit some worse than others.
You may have to learn how to wait for some things. Guess what? There may not be 55 different varieties of ketchup on the shelf and a 24 hour Walmart because you just realized you ran out of the extra light, almond roasted, butter creme topping for your latte.
My point being, when they say think outside the box I'm here to say there is no box. Just think.
