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I moved to Italy from NYC with no plan, job, or friends in the country. It was exciting, and a little overwhelming. It also ended up being the best decision I've ever made.

When I was 24 years old, I spontaneously decided to move to Italy from my hometown of New York City. I was tired of life in the city and wanted to slow down and experience something different. I was studying to be an opera singer and even had a big break when I was invited to sing as a soloist at a concert for one of the then-leading tenors of the Metropolitan Opera.



I was also working as a private chef with a catering business. But I had no time for meaningful relationships and felt like something was missing. I knew I wasn't happy and didn't want to do what I was doing anymore; I wanted to find a new way to live.

Related stories So, at 24 years old, I left behind my old life and bought a house in a small town in the south of Italy called Guardia Sanframondi, just an hour outside Naples. I moved completely without a plant. But it was the best decision I ever made and led me to the life I have now, where I am happily married with two beautiful children and work as a public relations consultant and writer.

I've created my own version of happiness and have never looked back. I didn't have a job When I moved to Italy, I wasn't sure what I would be doing. I had stopped singing, and though I still loved cooking, I knew I didn't want to work in a restaurant.

I wanted to find a way to create a flexible career on .

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