For those who have never tasted the expat life, there are lots of questions that arise. I came across this very nice post from someone who has completed a 3 year assignment working from Beijing. Some words that really captured the essence of the expat process, more so the feelings at the end of the assignment. The time when you get ready to return home…
…home is where you hang your hat. I felt little emotion when I visited the good friends now living in our old house. The experience reiterated something that I had often felt while living in China and returning to visit New Jersey: my attachment to specific things and places is diminished. Home is where my family is; the building where we live is just there to contain us.
As nice as it felt to be in Beijing and as happy as I was to see so many friends, it was clear to me that I didn’t quite have a place in the firmament there anymore. I felt a bit untethered, floating through others’ lives without the anchor of my family.
To read the full article, follow this link to Wall Street Journal Online.
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