I moved back to Australia after decades in the US. The culture shock stunned me

The author moved back to Australia after living in the US for most of her life.

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• After living most of my life in the US, I moved back home to Australia.
• Believing it would be an easy move, I instead experienced culture shock and felt like a stranger.
• Only when I let go of the expectation that it would immediately feel like home did I start to find my place.

When I was in my early 30s, I went for a three-week holiday to my home in Sydney and never left.