In this episode Summer and Steph are both on European soil. Summer is at home in Nuremberg, Germany and Steph is traveling in Lake Como, Italy. This travel sparks a discussion about how when we travel a significant distance AND to a different enough culture, our brains can disconnect and let go. This release can (at least for these two expats) create space for creativity to flow through us and even create a brain frenzy of ideas.
Creative terminology/ideas to emerge from this episode:
-"visa job": the job that you keep to have paperwork to live legally in a host country BUT is not necessarily something you're passionate in
-"brain frenzy": energy that is a mix of excitement, anticipation and relief when you step away from your daily life. Your body relaxes so your brain goes crazy with fun ideas.
-"podconfidence" ; owning our podcast selves instead of saying "I am just …."
Example: I am just doing a podcast about creativity.
And finally, a request from these two expats:
When someone you know leaves to go live abroad, instead of saying:
"wherever you go, there you are"
please say
"I will miss you".
It's way more supportive.
Thanks.
-Summer and Steph
LINKS
-Summer's new mic: Samson Q2U
-Shiny new object syndrome: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/288370
-Lake Como: https://www.lakecomo.is/
Lake Garda : https://www.ytravelblog.com/things-to-do-at-lake-garda-italy/
-"Parsley and Coriander" by Antonella Moretti
-Summer's interview with Zack on the Expat Chit Chat Podcast
-Summer's interview with Nicole on the Expat Cast Podcast
-"Geopat" term from Virtual Expat Podcast explanation
-"Over There" WWII song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6hRDS3LvQQ
-Expat Cast episode on work documents in Germany (BINDERS!)
QUOTES:
"I like everything about the city and the way I felt when I was there." Summer
"When I step on a train, my brain goes wild and all of the things I didn't think I was thinking about comes out."-Steph
CONTACT US:
Creatively Complicated (in Internetland):
Email: [email protected]
Summer (in Germany):
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/summeroutside/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/summeroutside
Blog: https://eatsomethinggosomewhere.com/
Stephanie: (in China):
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephfuccio/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephfuccio
Website (3 other podcasts cause I am a crazy person!): https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/