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Life Abroad (Inside & Out)

The Ruthless Art of Moving Abroad

The part of moving abroad Instagram never prepares you for.

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Jen Cook
Nov 18, 2025
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Stacks of boxes on a moving truck

There’s nothing quite like a move to make you get brutally honest about things you should’ve gotten rid of long ago.

One of the less fun parts of moving abroad is deciding what to keep, what to sell, and what to toss.

Years of memories – both remembered and forgotten face you head-on. And you can’t move everything. (Well, …

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