I'm working on it. I've wanted to live outside the U.S. again for a couple of years now, but the right opportunity hasn't yet materialized. The election has given me incentive to look harder.
The thing is this - I lived outside the U.S. for a few years in the early 90's. What I found is a sense of freedom that I've never felt here. The freedom from feeling responsible for things which are just outside of my control. Like the political direction of the country. Living in another culture, I no longer care about what the U.S. does or does not do. Which is as it should be, seeing as how I can't stop the U.S. from doing it. At the same time, I don't feel responsible for the culture I am "visiting". It's not my culture, I can look at it, smile or frown at it, but ultimately I view it with interest as opposed to ownership.
Why I can't do that here in the States, I don't know. That is how it should be.
I have some friends and contacts in a few European countries, so that's where I'm focused right now.
But damn if New Zealand wouldn't be fucking sweet.
St. Barts is on my list too.
