EPISODE · Nov 16, 2025 · 21 MIN
How I Moved Abroad with $2,000 (and Paid Off $9K of Debt in Year One)
from How to Move Abroad: Your Guide to Start Living Abroad · host Mistelle Godlewski
People love to assume you need $20k in savings, a remote job, and a color-coded shipping spreadsheet to move abroad. Cool. Cute. Not my story.In this episode, I’m walking you through exactly how I moved to Switzerland in 2013 with $2,000 in the bank, two cats, cancer recovery still happening, and absolutely zero idea what I was doing — including the part where we had to borrow money because we needed three months of rent upfront and had no clue deposit insurance existed (yes, I will be screaming about that forever)I also talk about moving again — to Austria with a baby, then back to Switzerland during the pandemic — and what those moves cost too. (Spoiler: both under $1,200 out of pocket.)If you’ve ever thought, “I can’t move abroad until I save a huge amount of money,” this episode will challenge that — in a real, non-delusional, no-manifesting-required way.Yes, moving abroad takes planning. No, it doesn’t have to take a lifetime of savings.move abroad on a budget, cost to move abroad, moving to Switzerland costs, how to move abroad cheap, abroad
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