As someone who has lived abroad and currently living abroad in Bangkok, this video is true! Thank you for sharing and encouraging .

@JonAbroad

4 ай бұрын

I'm happy to hear that my content resonates with folks currently living abroad. Thank you for your kind words

Great topic. I enjoy solitude and generally avoid others. However I have wondered if that would change when living abroad. Food for thought.

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Solitude is my cup of tea as well. I generally avoid other people until after I've observed them a bit. If they seem like a decent person I might chat them up a bit. I have a select few here in Cambodia that I see once or twice a week.

@zandig666

9 ай бұрын

I as well enjoy solitude and have lived my life very stress free and remained single here people need 2 incomes and people walk around miserable held for Ransom in relationships

After I heard you speak Khmer, I subscribed. I don't subscribe to many channels, so cheers!

@JonAbroad

8 ай бұрын

Cheers. I'm still learning, a long way to go yet.

Definetly went through all these emotions when I was in Chaing Mai for 16 months, back in the US to reevaluate . Mostly likely will return to SEA in the next 6 months. Thanks for the vlog, well done

@JonAbroad

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. It seems we go through these cycles. I go back to the states every year to visit family typically for a month. About 2 weeks into it, I want to get back "home" to Cambodia.

I just found your channel. I've lived in Thailand for at least 15 years of my life. Now I am living in Bucerias, MX. I wanted to be closer to my kids in California and Hawaii. It was great at first...but my kids have their own lives now. I am thinking about moving to Kampot. I miss SE Asia. My kids say if you want to do it. I'm 68 and I speak Thai and Spanish. I think I can pick up the basics in Cambodia.

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

If you are language savvy you'll be fine. Come on over

Thanks Jon for a great video . This was interesting mate .

@JonAbroad

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Great topics bud I rarely get depressed and have a few activities and hobbies but I do get it, being a stranger in a strange land is different, culture shock comes into play I wouldn't live there if I got the same feeling as I've had in a couple countries I've visited ✌️✌️

@JonAbroad

9 ай бұрын

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Well said Jon ❤! I agree with your thoughts. I too am an expat from Alberta Canada. Just over one year in Cambodia. I'm here to stay, the western life isn't for me anymore. I've was planning this move since 2009, now I'm here and I wouldn't have it any other way. Thanks for sharing and making ME think. 😎🙏

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. I am glad you feel at home here in Cambodia. It truly is a wonderful place.

@zandig666

9 ай бұрын

Cheers sir here in 🇨🇦 it's an endless wheel of disillusion my taxes alone are $3200/yr I can totally handle the much simpler life People walk around entitled like look at us but they are fools and chick's will work u into the ground At 60 I'm gone 2 yrs to go May I ask if u live in the city or country ??

@fasteddy60

9 ай бұрын

@@zandig666 I recently moved back to Siem Reap, just outside the city center.

@zandig666

9 ай бұрын

@@fasteddy60 very cool sir I hope u like it And have a great life I will be coming there sometime whether it's a visa run or not I'm gonna travel till om happy somewhere maybe a small farm and a good woman to give her a good life but not lose my fortune lol

Cheers.

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Cheers

@phlezktravels

11 ай бұрын

@@JonAbroad thanks for inspiring me, among others, to upload my years of travel videos that are just sitting on hard drives.

@JonAbroad

11 ай бұрын

Upload them, I'd like to watch. Send me a link

Great video Jon! We love you and miss you!!!

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Love and miss you guys too

My depression kicked in after 7 months straight- working with a traveling monster truck entertainment tour. Rarely saw the same people day in and day out. In my experience, I agree 💯 with Jon. Finding a way to relate to others in the moment, and getting involved in any local activities, events or even gatherings your invited to, is a big help. If I knew that I was staying somewhere for longer than a week, I would work on building more meaningful connections with people & sometimes open up to them and have a more human interaction/ connection

@JonAbroad

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story. I appreciate it.

Tropical paradise is basically NYC/DC July all year long, isn't it? Lots of people genuinely hate that. Lots of people would get depressed just from the climate alone.

@JonAbroad

Ай бұрын

fair point. We do have "seasons" however they are a bit different than the Metro DC area. Here we have "wet season" still warm but not hot, "high season" aka tourist season, dry and reasonably cool, and then we have "dry season" which is just hot (and dusty) Thanks for your input, always nice to get a comment from the best channel in the world (love the name btw) cheers Alex, all the best

Just found your channel, and really appreciate your openness and honesty. Too many expat and so called digital nomad vloggers insist on painting a too perfect, instagram polished version of travel!

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I agree, I try to be open and honest in my videos

@phlezktravels

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

Great advice on the Diary.

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 🙏🏻

Thanks for the vid Jon, very insightful and for sure something all men should talk more about...mental health.

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. We still have the old "macho man" attitude. I say, just like the bum check when you hit a certain age, perhaps we should also just talk to a doctor about our feelings and mental status. I saw a report that said 1 in 4 Americans are prescribed antidepressants. I think if there has been some preventative maintenance done, perhaps that number wouldn't be so high

@johnpaul8293

Жыл бұрын

@@JonAbroad I fully agree Jon. A problem shared is a problem halfed ;)

How about outdoor activities ? Love you buddy

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

I'll add it to the list. Love ya too

As you read this I do hope you are feeling great! Why does anyone get depressed? I don't think expats are more prone to depression. I do think it is harder for expats to work their way out of a bout with depression. Lots of reasons for this with the main one being expats may create a unique reality. I've lived in Saudi Arabia 5 years, Thailand for 11 and 9 US states.... and... will be beginning to live in Cambodia in 6 months.

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to Cambodia (soon) How was Saudi?

@carldseekingpeace

Жыл бұрын

@@JonAbroad IT WAS HOT (lol) It was rugged. This was in the 1980's, prior to cell phones and certainly prior to the liberalization of the kingdom. I traveled the whole of the country chasing infrastructure projects. I received two 'R & R's and a home leave per year to maintain sanity. That's how I first came to Bangkok in 1982. I yearn to visit Saudi again and may well do so to visit a friend. But, mostly I cherish the memories. Surprisingly, they are a hospitable people. I was in the first half of my thirties.

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Seems like you have had quite the adventurous life. If you end up in Kampot, I'd love to hear some stories, over a meal perhaps.

@carldseekingpeace

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a plan. At the moment my plan is to arrive Kampot mid December.

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Hope to see you then

Great talk I want to go abroad again this time for pure peace and enjoyment without the worries of having a cute wife I’m not going to look been used taking advantage of even killed for 13 minutes I’m going to leave it up to the one person in the whole world I know I can trust my life with then and now our father in heaven may he also ride with you my brother 😊

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻

@zandig666

9 ай бұрын

That's about the only thing you can trust !!! I can see a small farm with a good woman and give her a good life here in Namerica you are basically held for ransom

@zandig666

9 ай бұрын

@@88Kboone true but it's not easy here basically held for Ransom everywhere to stay on the wheel running till you drop I'm not waiting till 65 till all the pensions and inheritances slaving endlessly to stay on top of this overwhelming economy ✌️✌️

@JonAbroad

8 ай бұрын

Live your best life to the best of your ability.

🎉

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻

I am 53 and have never found true happiness

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that. Have you moved abroad or considering it?

@silondon9010

Жыл бұрын

@@JonAbroad, hoping to jon, when I get to 55 and live out the rest of my life in the sunshine ☀, great channel by the way

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. 🙏🏻

@JonAbroad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching