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This is not really me
Living in another country can unsettle identity in ways that are difficult to anticipate. Feeling less capable, less articulate or less yourself does not mean your former self has disappeared.
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The (apparently) impossible task of building a social network… that lasts.
In an international city, the friends you work hard to make keep leaving. After a few departures, starting again can feel exhausting — and that weariness is not a lack of openness.
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Life back home goes on
Moving abroad means expecting to miss people. What is harder to anticipate is how literally life back home carries on without you — and what that does to those relationships.
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Working from home… but where is everybody?
Remote work gives you freedom, but when you have just moved to Barcelona it can quietly remove the unplanned encounters that build a social life.
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The life you chose… and the parts you didn't
Moving to Barcelona can look very good from the outside. What often arrives later — once the practical part is done — is quieter and harder to name.
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