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Originally Posted by SeoulFire
Why? Home is not a fixed and unchanging place. I thought along the lines of the above and came 'home' but it was a mistake as I absolutely hated living in Calgary. I realized after three horrible years that 'home' is Seoul and moved back and couldn't be happier.
The time abroad could be a welcome break from your life or the start of a new one.
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I agree. Home could be out there just waiting for you to find it. I went back to Calgary for the first time in about 7 years last summer. I enjoyed it, but there's no chance I'd move back there. It's not home. Every time I go back to Vancouver I feel a little bit the same too. What rationale is there in the notion that of all the places in the world it's the one where you're born, or grow up, or happen to be right now that's right for you. Shanghai, as much as it drives me nuts sometimes, is more home to me now than Calgary is. When younger I agreed with the notion that home is anywhere I laid my head at night, and that worked for me perfectly. Now I'm more in accordance with the idea that home is any four walls that enclose the right people.
In any event, there's a big difference between traveling on a vacation for an escape and moving somewhere to live there and experience the life. Totally different. A vacation won't bring you what living there does.
Of course, it's ultimately true that wherever you choose to make your home you should try to make your life there happy.