When massive lockdowns were declared, expats split into two groups: the ones who stayed in their host country, and those who got onto repatriation flights to rejoin their homeland. As a representative of the first group – I decided to enjoy my lockdown in a Belgian studio 3000 km away from my birthplace – IContinue reading “5 Lessons The Pandemic Taught Me About Being An Expat”
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Thought Of The Day: Suspicious
EN – It’s that time of the week again.
IT – Ci risiamo: il mio frigo piange.
Il Pensiero Del Giorno: Abbracci
Oggi, per la prima volta dopo…3 mesi? 6 anni? una vita? ho riabbracciato un congiunto. È stato strano. È stato come tornare al volante dopo mesi di metropolitana, o tuffarsi in mare ad un anno dall’ultima nuotata: familiare eppur bizzarro. La cosa peggiore è l’avvilente senso di disagio che mi provoca persino dirlo ad altaContinue reading “Il Pensiero Del Giorno: Abbracci”
Losing Future: How Coronavirus Proved “Living One Day At A Time” Wrong
How many times have you heard someone summoning you about the importance of “living in the present“, “stop fussing about the future“, and “being here NOW”? How many times have you gone through a long list of reasons explaining you why living one day at a time will improve your life? And how many timesContinue reading “Losing Future: How Coronavirus Proved “Living One Day At A Time” Wrong”
Nadia Musumeci 