Jaew, the sauce of my dreams. Super easy to make too.

Are you highly sensitive to marketing of books for highly sensitive people?

Because Florida. It infects even the transplants.

OMG, there must have been so much pressure writing this article knowing that the grammar Nazis are swarming, combing over each character looking for an error.

take the time and make the effort to share your experiences with others and they will criticize you to death for your stupidity and lack of planning. fellow LH'ers, your infallibility is truly amazing. Truly the rest of us can only strive to make well thought-out, well planned decisions for the rest of our lives, and…

Emigrated from Taiwan to San Diego at 10, and recently from southern California to Milwaukee for a job at 40. While the experience immigrating to the U.S. helped make CA-to-WI relocation less jarring, I was nevertheless struck by how I felt vulnerable the first half-year as a total stranger to Wisconsin. It's a…

I had to create an account just to say thank you. THANK YOU! I really needed a read like this right now!

Military spouses do it all the time, and it IS hard. Your spouse has the built-in job with social contacts and you have...nothing. It's hard to put yourself out there looking for friends, but you gain a rich reward when you do.

I moved from the UK to the Middle East and LOVE it. Yes, I miss home (but I miss home for things like concerts, and theatres, and greenery).

Love the article. Amusingly enough, loneliness is one of the few things I've never been concerned about when I've entertained the idea of relocating. I've never actually felt what I think loneliness is; I'm a supremely solitary person. Of course, that might change when culture shock is a factor. No way to tell before…

Anna nailed all the reasons why taking big risks is something most people avoid. But isn't that the point? To keep trying to be a better person? You can't do that if you are always living the way that's most comfortable. I don't think you have to move halfway around the world to take a big risk (though I think that…

Nice article. Pulled the words out of my mind and experience. I moved exactly 2 yrs back all alone (from the other side of the world). I left the huge circle of friends I had, relatives, family and everything I grew up with. Now, the confusion is that I am not sure yet if I am living happy or depressed in a new place.…

I feel this situation is not the norm so its hard t predict. As an expat international teacher we do this every few years. I moved from Canada to Kuwait to China to Canada to China. Where next? Who knows. Our children are third culture kids as well as most of their friends. Life is an adventure and you learn to be…

One thing that I've learned from living abroad is that you realize that people are capable of infinitely more than they realize. Living in another country not only opens your eyes to the world you live in, but it also makes you realize that you have more options than you may have thought.

Oh my god! Those two planes are going to collide with all those birds!

...and then each other...maybe.

If you're not going to pick up and move, you can at least be open to new people in your area. Check to see if there's a local "newcomers club". Note that you don't actually have to be a newcomer to join - and you get to meet people who are at least somewhat new in town.

@Negritude: Mmmm, delicious. =D

@Negritude: Is that ironic?

Kosher salt on a Christmas tree. That's awesome.

"Fake Snow"