by Solene | Dec 13, 2017 | Articles Beyond Borders
Have you heard of the 5 Ps of marketing? If you have and can name them all, my hat goes out to you. No matter how hard I try, I always seem to forget one! If you haven’t, don’t worry, just remember the ones below instead. As some might have heard,...
by Solene | Nov 29, 2017 | Articles Beyond Borders
Last Friday, my partner and I said goodbye to two of our closest friends. Waving at the taxi that drove them away and walking back into their empty flat that’s now ours left us both with the strangest feeling. Empty. Confused. Lost. This moment took me right back to...
by Solene | Nov 15, 2017 | Articles Beyond Borders
Being in a long-distance relationship is extremely tough, most would even say impossible. I had been with my boyfriend for about 3 years when I decided to move to China just over 2 years ago for a job opportunity I couldn’t miss out on. We were living together in...
by Solene | Nov 1, 2017 | Articles Beyond Borders
A few days ago, a friend asked me how living beyond borders had changed me. Vast question. The more I thought about it, the more I realised that it was what I’d learnt that had changed me. Each and every experience living in a different country comes with its...
by Solene | Oct 19, 2017 | Articles Beyond Borders
Moving abroad can be both incredibly exciting and terribly daunting. Perhaps it feels like you’re about to jump off a plane into the unknown and are unsure whether the parachute will open or not. Or something along these lines. I was 18 when I relocated to...
by Solene | Sep 1, 2017 | Articles Beyond Borders
Since as far as I can remember, I have had the impression I didn’t belong. I felt out of place, different, foreign. Born and raised in France by loving French parents, it made no sense. But I couldn’t shake it off. Constantly looking for an escape, I started...
