I've lived abroad for 8 years, and now too many places feel like home

• It also made relationships, a sense of belonging, and decision-making about the future difficult.
• At 38, after time back home, she plans to move abroad again to find a life that better matches her ambition.

I’ve spent most of the past six years back home. It has been good to grow more roots in one place and be back when I unexpectedly lost both of my parents a few years ago.

But I realized this chapter has come to an end and that I want an environment that better matches my ambition and personality. In a few months, I’m moving to Mexico City. I’m very excited about making a new context my own again.

My own journey has taught me that staying steady in a global life is hard. It’s easy to want to move when the novelty wears off, and hard to choose when everything feels like an option. I’ve learned that I have to be my own anchor in a life with different homes.