Hypenated For Life

It can be tough, being hypenated for life, yet it's so common to have split nationalities, ethnicities, cultural splits not to mention split personalities so much so the very concept of a hyphenated citizen is taken for granted in today's world.

However when you're split on settling down, where you heart desires living in two seperate regions of the world then it's a tough call. You're never really able to live in one region fully. As always in the back of your mind you "think" you'll. "move back". Though for many that never happens, they spend their entire life in one region living as transient-refugees waiting for the right moment to "move back" to their home country.

Your life resides on the jetway, prepared to hop on to the next flight at a moments notice.

It's tough to let down roots in one place if you're constantly on the go, split between multiple regions of the world, you end becoming a mere wayfarer following in the footsteps of Ibn Batuta, except at supersonic speeds!

Being in a perpetual state of splitness you're unable to engage in local community affairs, truly participate in local government and take on issues as you are never able to develop a sense of belonging to one region. Let alone settle down with a family, as you never belong anywhere.

Your state of mind and being is in a perpetual state of flux, not able to settle on one place or idea for too long. You end up belonging no where, whilst being of everywhere with no real "thikana".

It's especially true for corporate citizens, i.e. the professional workers who follow the jobs, hoping from one city to the next, one country to the next, company to company. You might have achieved in the material world, yet in your heart of hearts you're never settled and are in a state of perpetual loss of belonging.

What is one to do? That's the 80 Billion dollar question many hypenated global citizens have yet to answer.





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