Ep 4: Travel and Brain Frenzy

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/