This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leah Young, a 34-year-old from Dallas who moved to Spain in 2015. Young is the founder of Fearless Abroad , a company that helps Americans working remotely relocate to Europe. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
A lot of people love the idea of traveling to new places and experiencing something exciting. What excited me about living abroad was the adventure. When I was younger, I’d taken a few short trips, but there was still so much more of the world I wanted to see.
For years, I tried to make it happen. In high school and college, I looked into exchange programs and…
