Settling In
A qualification is recognised by a body, not by the world
Professional credentials are granted by institutions with national authority, and whether yours means…
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Settling In
Housing, health, language and the slow business of belonging somewhere.
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Settling In
Working for an employer several time zones away costs you the middle of the day
A permanent remote arrangement across a large time difference is not a scheduling inconvenience but a…
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Settling In
Bringing an animal turns a move into an operation with a deadline
The paperwork for a pet is time-bound in a way the rest of a relocation is not, and the schedule is set by…
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Settling In
Friendships at home fade through absence rather than through disagreement
The relationships that survive a long stay abroad are rarely the ones that were closest at the moment of…
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Settling In
A foreign community is a place where everybody is halfway out of the door
The circle of other newcomers that forms so easily in the first months is built on a population that turns…
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Settling In
The day you stop translating in your head arrives without announcement
Somewhere past functional competence a second language stops being decoded and starts being understood, and…
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Settling In
Going home for two weeks is a visit, and you are the guest
A trip back is imagined as a rest and usually turns out to be a schedule of obligations conducted in…
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Settling In
What you left in storage is a statement about whether you are coming back
The boxes in a unit at home or in a relative’s loft are a monthly payment towards a version of the future…
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