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Why Expats Should Consider A Move To Chile: Part I |
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Americans are also so stressed that
they are taking pills for everything. I know. I had to take sleeping
pills at night just to shut my brain down enough that I could get a
few hours sleep. My job had me jumping at all hours and I had little
or no time to unwind and relax. No time for exercise. No time to
prepare a fresh, healthy meal. If it wasn't frozen or take-out, it
was not consumed. I was becoming fatter by the second. This resulted
in minor health problems that could have become major health problems
had I not done something about it.
Two years ago, my husband and I went to
Hawaii for our very first vacation in years and got married. The
first thing we noticed was how peaceful everyone was. The environment
lent itself to tranquility. It was warm, sunny, and everyone was
relaxed-looking and smiling. I was able to shed the skin of stress
for the first time in a very long time. It was here that we decided
we needed to make a major change of life.
Returning from Hawaii, we began to
dream of something different. We knew that living in Hawaii would be
just as expensive as living in New York, and the end result would be
that we would still be chasing the dime. That is not what we wanted.
We began discussing the possibility of
living in another country. Why not? Millions of people each year move
to foreign countries and seem to manage just fine. The big question
was: What country? Other questions were: What would be our source of
income? What sacrifices were we willing to make? What climate? On and
on with the questions.
Then, we created a list. Income being
first. The only 100% guaranteed income we had was a very small
Veteran's pension that went largely ignored in the States, but was
worth considering for this move. Small in the States can be middle
class somewhere else.
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