"Home" away from 'home'..
Ok so this is my first rant, well over here it is at least as I have been ranting away on all sorts of media for neigh 35 years now.I have decided to start "penning" my thoughts over here - not that anyone has actually used pens for anything nobler than pea-shooting for quite a while, perhaps the occasional wood mark but nothing much else - and see if any good comes out of it, or mischief even.
First of all we need to tackle a serious shortcoming in the English language that is also evident in most other tongues I am familiar with. We do not have a word for what I have become. In its absence I am labeling the condition as "AJ1976ism" and basically it is the position an expatriate finds himself in upon returning to his home country if said ex-expatriate (it is not even a word, I know, and I still want to use it, so sue me) is not exactly over the moon about the whole affair. Home, so to speak, no longer feels quite like home.
I have personally found it very hard to accept my return even though things are much easier for me over here and my friends and family are all here. I have traveled to and from several times in fact. The few people I know who have been through the same events seem to share my distress to a degree. Has anyone else been through anything of the sort? Any tips? And seriously what is one to do? Pursue a life back in one's motherland or actively seek to re-expatriate (this one probably exists, if it does not just add it to the aforementioned lawsuit) at all costs?
Comments (8)
i have had to return to the land of my birth this weekend after just over 4 years away!!! and my only reason is to get a chance at a descent wage!!!!
i had never wanted to come back to the land of yUK.....with is cold, wet, greyness for 90% of the year!
ive even had to leave my kids living in beautiful sunny spain!!! which makes coming here more of a turn off!!!
i cant wait to go back home......spain!!
so i know how you feel!!
im on an intence training course in suffork at the momment...training to be a live-in carer!!! oh joy!!!
never mind ....think of the money
Thanks for your kind words, they are truly appreciated
Good idea re to penning your thoughts I have been keeping journals since 1998 of thoughts, dreams, synchronicities etc.
Some times when we leave home even our birth country it isnt until we go back that we have a greater understand of the reasons we left in the first place.
Personally I think you need to make it ok to live where ever it is you want to be for your own positive growth, somewhere that has something to offer you and you it ...
Follow your intuition on this one AJ and I am sure all will turn out for the best and remember what ever is best for you will be best for everyone.
what you need to ask yourself is..what would make you happy..you and not what others would like you to do..and then..do what you think is best for you..