18 Years Expat: Can I STILL Afford to Go Home?

Summary

The main theme is the financial reality of expat life and the realization that returning home is no longer affordable. The speaker discusses their retirement in Vietnam at 40 after 17 years as a teacher, comparing the cost of living in Vietnam to North America and Australia. The takeaway is that the inaccessibility of returning home is now a part of life, not a cautionary tale of giving up everything, and that sometimes not being able to afford something and not wanting it are the same.