‘I’ve always wanted more than what
other people around me have . . . to
see more. Learning makes you want to
see more,’ says Gabby A.*. She finally
took the plunge and moved abroad
when her partner was offered a job in
Europe. ‘I had been getting antsy to do
something different. It’s nice being able
to completely start over,’ she adds.
Akiko Candyce Baldridge-Hohn, a GGI
living in Hamburg and the daughter
of a GGI who moved from Japan to
the United States, echoed Gabby’s
thoughts. She says that travel is in part,
‘reinventing yourself’ and allows those
who felt they never quite fit in to find
a niche for themselves. ‘When you go
elsewhere, . . . there are no preconceived notions of who you are, so you
are expected to be different.’
The yearning for change and the desire to find life’s next great adventure
is arguably a result of our environment
growing up. Similarly, curiosity and
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