A global magazine about what makes sense—and why so much doesn’t.
Part essay, part reporting, part personal reflection.
It’s not about moving abroad. It’s about learning how to live better anywhere.
Most writing about life abroad does one of two things: it sells escape, or it catalogs inconvenience.
I’m interested in something else.
I write about what happens after the decision. When a functioning adult steps outside the system that made them competent and has to keep going anyway. Not to “reinvent” themselves, not to optimize the move, and not to chase a finish line that doesn’t exist—but to stay engaged, useful, and vibrant inside unfamiliar terrain.
Moving abroad just makes this process impossible to ignore. The work itself applies far beyond it.
Founded and written by Valencia, Spain-based Rocco Pendola—a journalist, essayist, and freelance writer who explores what makes life work in a world that often doesn’t.
