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💙 Mountainous moments The fresh year comes with things to let go, things to continue and things to start doing. One thing we’ll continue is to explore our current living country. 131 countries are bigger than Switzerland but still this land feels bigger because of the many spectacular places to visit. These photos were taken on the 2,5 km high Säntis mountain. From the top you can see six countries: Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, France and Italy. People are so small and mountains are so big! said our younger son when looking down from one of the mountain tops. What things you‘ll continue this year? #mountains #säntis #mountaintops #view #landscape #abroad #livingabroad #newbeginnings #fresh #explore #vista #scenic #scenery #internationalliving #internationallife #vuoret #greetingsfromabroadland #expatlife #expatbook #family #expatfamily #makinmemories #explore #⛰ #mountains #switzerland #🇨🇭#❄️ #snowymountains #sveitsi

💛 Stop-Breathe-Think-Act⁠ ⁠ This methodology is used in diving but it also serves as a general guideline for many task and situation in life. At the turn of the year, I've truly stopped and breathed. I was kind of forced to. Now I‘m in the thinking stage but I don't want to get stuck here for too long so I can move into action! What is your current stage? Ps. I took this photo on one of our holidays with an underwater camera - some of the most marvelous memories are made in and on the water! #stopbreathethinkact #lifeadvice #greetingsfromabroadland #abroadland #expatlife #reflect #guidelines #maxim #maxims #rules #beach #tropics #waterlife #diving #swim #expatfamily #lifeabroad #movingabroad #livingabroad #outlander #ausländer #foreigner #expatriate #internationalliving #globallife #mindfulness #global #calm #holidays #🏝

💛 decades, and the moments in between ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Have you also stopped and looked back at the past ten years?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ If someone had told me in 2009 that in the next decade "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 & 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥…" – most likely I would have laughed, thinking this fortune teller is “not playing with a full deck”. 😉⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Naturally, I've also had some lower points too during these years but most of all I feel highly happy, lucky and grateful. It's been incredibly enriching!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Now is the time to be with loved ones, and to turn inwards to be able to turn outwards with best intentions for the years to come.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Thank you all and Happy Holidays – wherever you are! 💝🌏⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #globe #happyholidayswhereveryouare #abroadland #greetingsfromabroadland #christmasball #ornament #christmascard #holidaygreetings #greetings #happyholidays #global #globalpeople #internationalliving #expatlife #expatriate #expatfamily #lifeabroad #livingabroad #illustration #bauble #2010s #holidaygreeting #familyabroad #expats #expat #christmasornament #world #globetrotters #expatwomen #internationalwomen⁠

💛 Christmas contrast This morning here in Switzerland, I was at our son’s school‘s advent event where the kids were singing Swiss, English and African songs. When we had our first school Christmas celebration in Australia, I was prepared to wipe away tears while watching touching performances but it turned out to be quite the opposite: a jolly picnic in the sunshine and the kids were singing (and dancing) the happiest Christmas songs. My childhood December in Finland was often snowy (snowmen, sledding, ice-skating...) with candles bringing cosiness into the darkness. In Australia, our son’s local teacher told how she once spent Christmas time in Germany and it had felt wrong for her - it wasn't suppose to be dark and cold in December/Christmas! I love how different countries show different perspectives and traditions, challenging our assumptions and beliefs. There is no one way to do things such as the seasonal celebrations. How are the (possible) Christmas celebrations where you live? Any surprises? #expatfamily #livingabroad #expats #expatlife #christmas #christmasparty #christmascelebrations #seasongreetings #expatbook #expatcartoon #cartoons #cartoonist #cartoon #comics #expatillustrations #tck #thirdculture #illustration #internationalliving #globalstories #abroadland #greetingsfromabroadland #contrast #christmascard #parentingabroad #nomadiclife #familylife

💝 a cheerful & meaningful gift for a parent abroad⠀ ⠀ It‘s still possible to get 'Greetings from Abroadland‘ book under the Christmas tree! ⠀ Greetings from Abroadland is a perfect gift for a family moving or living abroad because:⠀ ▫️It shares intercultural experts‘ wisdom and personal stories about living abroad*.⠀ ▫️It’s compact and easy-to-read. Each chapter sums up the essentials, and there are tips for further reading. The small square size makes it easy to ship/give/carry.⠀ ▫️It‘s colourful. The look & feel makes it a book you can keep on the coffee table and read more than once.⠀ ▫️It‘s written and drawn with warmth and humour.⠀ ▫️It comes with 35 real-life cartoons and 70 tips on how to make the most of your time abroad!⠀ ⠀ *Book topics:⠀ - 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥⁠⠀⠀ - 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴⁠⠀⠀ - 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴⁠⠀⠀ - 𝘒𝘪𝘥𝘴’ 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥⁠⠀⠀ - 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦⁠⠀⠀ - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦⁠⠀⠀ - 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥⁠⠀⠀ ⠀ ⁠⠀ From 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻, 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀 & 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗔𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗶𝘀 + other online bookstores 📖 → 🛒⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⠀ More information at 𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱.𝗰𝗼𝗺⁠⠀⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀⠀ #bookidea #abroadland #bookgift #bookstagram #expatwomen ⁠#livingabroad #movingabroad #booklovers #giftidea ⁠#expatbook #expatguide #expats #christmasgift #amazonbooks⁠ #kirjavanhemmille #expatlife #globalliving #internationalliving #bookreviews⁠ #nonfiction #publishedbook #published #giftformom #familylife ⁠#instabooks #greetingsfromabroadland #perfectgift #giftbook #parenthood #cartoonbook

💛 living with FUMO⁠ ⁠⠀ Last weekend, my good old friend had a big birthday party back home, and I wasn’t able to travel there. So, I missed celebrating her milestone birthday and catching up with many friends who I haven’t seen for a long time. Photos on social media added the feeling of ‘I wish I could have been there too!’.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I thought I was experiencing FOMO ('Fear Of Missing Out') until I realised it wasn’t exactly that. In addition to this specific event, I was also thinking other missed happenings during our years abroad, also our events that my friends and family had missed in the places where we had lived.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ If FOMO is defined as 'a fear that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent', characterized by 'a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing' and also defined as a fear of regret, 'FUMO' ('Foreigner Unavoidably Missing Out') is more like a fact that if you live abroad, you will miss some interesting events elsewhere. To some events you are able to go to and some you aren’t. You can not live fully in two places simultaneously. The fact of missing events will evoke variety of feelings, one of which may be FOMO.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Some study experiments suggest that the thing causing the FOMO is a social anxiety which is not really about the experience itself but more about what your friends are doing in building up their social group history that you're missing out on. We can reduce FOMO for example by remembering the reasons behind the decision, by focusing on the moment and by spending less time on social media (and remembering that social media content is often an exaggeration anyway). ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ How can we deal with the 'FUMO’, the fact that when you live abroad, you will be missing many events?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #fumo #fomo #abbreviation #newterm #fearofmissingout #abroadland #greetingsfromabroadland #lifeabroad #livingabroad #globalliving #internationalliving #elsewhere #longing #missing #birdseyeview #abbreviation #wordlover #words #definition #expat #expatlife #immipat #belonging #movingabroad #globalpeople #tck #expatwoman #expatfocus #expatcommunity ⁠⠀

💛 belonging words⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Even if the internet is full of quotes, they still remain popular. Why? Aren't they just pretty sentences anyone can invent? There are multiple reasons for our appetite for well-chosen words. A good quote:⁠⠀ ✨ reminds us about something important or offers a new perspective⁠⠀ ✨ stop us to check our compass, to see which direction we want to go⁠⠀ ✨ can comfort us, to make us feel that we are not alone with our struggles⁠⠀ ✨ can empower us, gives us motivation⁠⠀ ✨ sums up a lot of wisdom into a compact package, making it easy to remember⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ "𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘍𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦. 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯."⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ This Brené Brown quote (like many of them) summarizes the essence of belonging so well. More than a concrete place, belonging can be a state where we can be who we are. And sometimes, belonging doesn't relate to being part of a group that comes together in a physical space, but being part of something we can’t describe or a group of people who may be scattered all over the world – even a few people who get us. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #belonging #belong #brenebrown #quotes #quote #goodquotes #globalliving #internationalliving #globalfamily #expatlife #expatriate #expatwoman #internationalwomen #movingabroad #livingabroad #foreignerslife #abroadland #greetingsfromabroadland #internationalparents #tck #thirdculturekids #unitedwomanhood #wisewords #wordlovers #instaquotes #quoteoftheday #greatoceanroad #australia #landscape

🐨 animal encounters⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Here are some of the wild koalas I've had the honour to photograph. They all look different and I used to give them names according to their imagined personalities. There were Poppy, Charlie and other fellows.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ For me, some of the most impactful moments abroad have been the wildlife encounters. Time stops when you are fascinated by nature and its incredible inhabitants. I also believe that if you have seen or studied certain animals, you feel even greater desire to protect them.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ What animals have you met abroad? ⁠⠀ Any favourite wildlife moments?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 🐨⁠⠀ We can support koalas through organisations such as⁠⠀ @australiankoalafoundation @wwf_australia⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #wildlife #animalsofinstagram #australia #victoriaaustralia #australiananimals #australiannature #wildlifeonearth #koalas #koala #naturescreatures #naturelovers #animallover #livingabroad #lifeabroad #abroadland #greetingsfromabroadland #cutekoalas #wildkoalas #animalpersonalities #cute #animals #protectkoalas #supportkoalas #savekoalas #natures_brilliance #animal_captures #animal_curiosity #discoverwildlife⁠⠀ ⁠⠀

💛 koalas These clips were captured when we lived in Victoria, Australia, and were lucky to see koalas in their natural habitat. Koalas are now threatened in some parts of their range and some populations are becoming locally extinct, according to the experts in the National Geographic’s article (25.11.). “A bird can fly, a kangaroo can hop very fast, but koalas are so slow. They basically just get stuck where they are.” says Christine Adams-Hosking, research fellow at the University of Queensland. In a raging forest fire, koalas only real defense is climbing higher into the eucalyptus trees. | "The bushfires have had a massive impact on their population […] Because of deforestation and now the bushfires, there is so little habitat left and trees with eucalyptus take months to grow back.” tells Deborah Tabart, the leader of the Australian Koala Foundation, in Daily Mail Australia. We can help koalas by making more sustainable choices and by supporting organisations like @australiankoalafoundation and @wwf_australia | "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠, 𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡." — 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘵 | #koalas #koala #wildlife #koalavideo #lovenature #savethekoala #🐨 #naturelovers #nature_brilliance #nature_perfection #naturelover #wildanimals #cute #cutekoalas #australia #supportkoalas #livingabroad #abroad #abroadland #greetingsfromabroadland #koalasound

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