As an expat, day-to-day life isn’t always “la dolce vita.” You’ll often be challenged while you are working abroad. Depending on where you go, you might face a confusing and lengthy immigration process, run into lots of bureaucracy, encounter difficulties when meeting new people, lose touch with family and friends, find that you are no longer a candidate for a work promotion back home, or be overwhelmed by basic obligations such as filing your taxes. In this blog post, I share some of the challenges I have faced while living and working in Italy.