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To speak a new language is to borrow a different version of yourself. Some words fit. Some feel foreign in your mouth. Some, no matter how fluent you are, will never feel like yours #ExpatLife #CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #WhoGetsToBelong #ImmigrationStories
January 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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🛂 Some people cross borders with ease. Others carry their history in every visa application, every interview, every silent waiting room #WhoGetsToBelong #ExpatLife #CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #ImmigrationStories
February 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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🌗 Maybe you don’t lose your old self. Maybe all the versions of you that have been just live somewhere else now 🏡 🌿

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February 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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🌐 The moment you start dreaming in another language, something shifts. You’re no longer just speaking it—you’re becoming someone who lives inside it #ExpatLife #CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #WhoGetsToBelong #ImmigrationStories
February 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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“Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.”
— Naguib Mahfouz

#Bluesky #NaguibMahfouz #MeaningOfHome #InnerPeace #FindingHome #NoMoreEscape #RestInBelonging #EmotionalRoots #HomeIsWithin #SoulSettlement #StillnessAndPlace #BelongingMatters #TrueHome #Grief
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July 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Belonging isn’t a place — it’s a feeling. A glance that doesn’t linger too long. A joke you don’t have to explain. A rhythm you step into without thinking #ExpatLife #CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #WhoGetsToBelong #ImmigrationStories
February 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Traversing misty moors from dusk until dawn, the girls grapple with their own sense of belonging on the island and ponder what their futures hold."

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June 7, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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Learning a new language is one thing. Learning how to be funny in it? That takes time.

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February 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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This can be an excellent gauge, depending.

From "Oz" by Lily Morton. #booksky #bookquotes #mmromance #findinghome #oz #lilymorton
Quote from "Oz" by Lily Morton: "I look on my father as an arbiter of taste," I say coldly. "If he liked someone I instantly knew that person was a total cunt." I pause and look him up and down. "He'd have really loved you, David."
May 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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🌍 Some people are born in one place and stay. Others leave, return, leave again. And then there are those who no longer know what ‘staying’ even feels like #ExpatLife #CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #WhoGetsToBelong #ImmigrationStories
January 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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How culture sneaks into your being:

– The way you say ‘sorry.’
– The speed of your walk.
– How long you hold eye contact.
– The silence between words.

Some things you pick up without realizing

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February 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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You laugh when they laugh. You nod in the right places. But sometimes, in a room full of people, you realize that you’re the only one translating the moment in your head.

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February 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Snow globe. 😉 LOVE this gift I was given this year!

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January 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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In a competitive market? 🏡 Stay yourself! Authenticity radiates confidence. Don't pretend to be someone you're not. The right home will truly come to you at the right time. Trust the process!
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July 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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The longer you live elsewhere, the harder the question becomes: ‘Where are you from?’ The truth is, the answer changes depending on who’s asking #ExpatLife #CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #WhoGetsToBelong #ImmigrationStories
January 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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There are moments when you feel like a visitor in your own culture. A reference you don’t get. A shift in humor. A song everyone knows — except you #ExpatLife #CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #WhoGetsToBelong #ImmigrationStories
January 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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🔄🪞 You change to survive. Then one day, you wonder if the version of you that left would recognize the version that stayed ⚖️

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February 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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🏠 Home isn’t a place. It’s the people who don’t ask you to explain yourself.

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February 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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New country. New baby. New everything.

This week on Relocurious, we talk to Cressida about what it’s really like to move abroad when your whole identity is already in flux.
#expat #MovingAbroad #EmotionalWellbeing #ParentingAbroad #FindingHome
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What We Leave Out When We Talk About Moving Abroad
Listen now | A podcast about the emotional and psychological aspects of relocation.
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June 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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You might still be a bit out of sync if...

⏸️ You pause before saying your own name
🍔 You still order the ‘safe’ dish
😆 You laugh half a second too late
🎭 You’re fluent, but some jokes just don’t land

#CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #WhoGetsToBelong #ImmigrationStories #ExpatLife
February 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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I found Bones’s coffin at SF MoMA 💀

The thing I loved about this, was the fact the paint style aligns very closely with our texture approach throughout the game environment.

#SFMoma #boneswanderingsoul #findinghome
March 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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💬 You can memorize every grammar rule, get every pronunciation right — but fluency isn’t just speaking. It’s knowing when to interrupt, when to laugh, when silence says enough #ExpatLife #CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #WhoGetsToBelong #ImmigrationStories
January 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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2024 paraphernalia. All cleared off for new things in 2025.

#findinghome, #definingCat, #soulmarks
January 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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🏡 What makes a place feel like home?

– The barista remembers your order
– You stop translating your thoughts
– A stranger asks you for directions, and you know the answer
– The silence feels familiar

#CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #WhoGetsToBelong #ImmigrationStories #ExpatLife
February 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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🌍 Some places make you a stranger the moment you arrive. Others do it slowly, over years, until one day, you look around and realize... you no longer belong #ExpatLife #CulturalIdentity #Belonging #FindingHome #WhoGetsToBelong #ImmigrationStories
February 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM