Welcome to Radical Personal Finance, a show dedicated to providing you with the knowledge

skills, insight, and encouragement you need to live a rich and meaningful life now, while

building a plan for financial freedom in 10 years or less.

My name is Joshua Sheets, and I'm your host, and today I'm going to do a show that I've

frankly put off doing for quite a while.

We're going to call this Reflections and Comments on 3 years of expattery.

But in reality, I could also title this episode my updated thoughts and perspectives on

my native country of the United States of America.

Long time listeners know that I have been an expat from the United States for more than

three years now, about three and a half years.

And along the way, I've shared some of the lessons learned with you here on this podcast.

But I struggle sometimes to want to talk publicly about my personal life for various reasons.

And so sometimes I don't update my perspectives and opinions very frequently in public, unless

someone calls me on a Q&A show.

That's usually where you can get me to spill the beans, but I don't eagerly run towards

these particular shows.

And recently, I've spoken to a couple of listeners who basically said, oh, well, you think

such and such.

And I said, well, no, I don't think such and such.

And I realized that I have a duty to you to speak clearly and honestly on things that

I have learned along the way.

And so I want to share with you some reflections from my own journey of three years of expattery.

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