Becoming an Expat

Watching the Response to the Pandemic I want to take a moment and contrast the response to the pandemic by the state of Jalisco Mexico to my home state of Texas. Our planned trip back to Austin, Texas, which was originally planned for April was put on hold by the lockdown. Our next plan was […]

Musings of an Expat’s Return My wife and I have returned to the United States for a month for a variety of reasons: My wife needs to get several prescriptions refilled that are not available outside of the United States I am speaking at a variety of venues to support the release of Repurpose Your […]

Economic Refugee Expat Since moving to Mexico I have met a lot of what I refer to be Economic Refugee Expats.  InvestingAnswers.com states the definition as: An economic refugee is a person who moves to another country in search of a higher standard of living. These are people who have had their careers completely disrupted for a […]

Making My Business Location Independent Over the last few years, I have been exploring technologies that would allow me to make my business location independent. As a solo-entrepreneur, I want to work from where I want to work and when I want to work. My wife and I have relocated to Ajijic, Mexico in the […]

How to Move Abroad – Banking Now that we have permanently moved to Mexico, banking has become a necessity of life. We need money to live on, and up until now, all of the money resides in institutions in the U.S. I have been chronicling our experiences in this blog and on the Repurpose Your Career […]

Dramatically Changed My Mindset We returned to Ajijic, Mexico last week after being back in Austin, Texas for 6 weeks. The trip to Austin and then returning to Mexico has gotten me to realize just how much my mindset has shifted in the last 18 months. I recently chronicled my wife’s experience on the  Repurpose Your Career […]