I intended on leaving it buried. — Lights dimmed to twilight overhead. The cabin disappeared into a constellation of attendant call signs. Just after midnight, the jet engines yawned awake, stretching their wings. I leaned back into the window seat. Little to see but glowing red batons in a sea of black, I slid the shade shut. …

For anything new to begin, something must first end. — Coldness reflected off the gray paint in the bedroom. An empty room, except for a lonely bed. An empty bed occupied by myself and my thoughts. Wrapped in white bedding, I hid my head from the void around me. I didn’t want to look. I didn’t want to accept. …

I needed it to be different. — “Are you sure you want to do this?” she asked. I nodded swiftly, a reflex before my brain could catch up. If I let myself think, If I let myself sift through memories, my entire body might shut down. My bare chest pressed against her exposed skin. She lay there…

You don’t need a massive income to work, and live, overseas. — So you’ve been eyeballing the idea of moving out of the United States, but you don’t want to just float around from one country to the next every few months. Hopscotching from one country to the next can quickly become stressful, and, if you’re not careful, expensive. …

There are many benefits. There can also be drawbacks. — A walking ghost. Left to roam the city on my own. People walk past, but they don’t see. Even if they did, I could not speak to them. A mute ghost. I couldn’t even howl and haunt. I couldn’t elicit a response. …

I moved out of the U.S. Almost everything is cheaper now. Almost. — One of the top reasons to move out of the United States is to save money. Outside of maybe Singapore, Tokyo, and a handful of other cities around the globe, just about everywhere else you move you’ll save money on rent, healthcare, and education. It is one of the major…

They won’t remember me. I’ll never forget them. — The car jockeyed for position as it twisted through the highway leading away from Lima, lane lines nothing more than meaningless suggestions. Motorcycles split the ever-changing difference like tightrope walkers on a Slinky. Cutting off and drifting around other vehicles, the driver of my vehicle merged across three lanes, never…

You don’t need degrees or much experience for these gigs. — Do you dream of living overseas? Maybe you have fantasies of walking the Mediterranean coastline from your home in Italy or Spain. Perhaps the cheap and delicious eats of Thailand are calling your name. Or you’ve always wanted to experience the endless spring of Bogota. Wherever you dream of, you…

The path less traveled always comes with a good story. — I was lost. Walking, on my way to an evening cooking class, I opted for what I assumed to be a shortcut. As the road narrowed and the incline steepened, it proved anything but. The beaches of Rio de Janeiro are surrounded by the slender fingertips of mountains. Picturesque surf…