To move around

Hey guys! I am laying on my couch now trying to regain strength. I didn't fall asleep very quickly last night and it's horrible weather so I slept until pretty late, and then I worked out for the first time since before Christmas, and that work out wasn't easy. I will feel that tomorrow. This post is not however about working out, it is about a question I got from a reader about what it is like growing up with moving around so much.

In my twenty years of existence I've lost count how many times I've moved from house to house, country to country, but I think it is about every two years that at least some move is going on in my life. And what is that like? Well that really depends. I guess there are advantages and disadvantages to every life style just like there is in growing up as a third culture kid (used term for international students). One thing that I've grown to love in my life is the international atmosphere. Whenever I meet someone else who's also moved around to different countries and gone to international schools, I feel directly that I can relate to them. It is like we come from this completely different place that anyone with an entirly different background could never understand. It has also made travelling a part of me which means that I am very interested in different cultures and people. I am very grateful that I did grow up this way and if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change the fact that I got to adjust to some different places and countries because it has given me an open mind and an understanding. The world is huge and really a remarkable thing and to think that I am twenty years old with all that experience, is something that makes me smile every single day, and also knowing that there is more to come.
If I like every place I've lived in? Well not really, there are of course those places I've liked more than others. I guess one could say that growing up as a third culture kid is almost like being a hopeless romantic. But instead of going from partner to partner, you go from place to place. Some places you are just trying to find a way out, and other places will be the hardest to say goodbye to and will always have a piece of your heart. Some places are forgotten in a second and other places absense will hurt for a long period of time. The disadvantages in my case at least is probably that I can feel a bit "homeless" sometimes, like I don't really know where I am from, or where it is that I would belong. And when I see friendships that has lasted since the toddler years, like two friends or a group of friends who's been together forever and know they will always have that safety net, I can feel a bit jealous. I hate goodbye's and especially saying goodbye to a friend who is basically your soulmate can really hurt, but after doing it every second year I've become a pro. But like I said before, I wouldn't trade the life I grew up with for anything and I consider myself very lucky to instead have friends all over the world.