When I tell people I work in expat insurance, they glaze over.
I get it. Insurance is the thing you need but don't want to think about. The boring prerequisite before the interesting part.
But here's what I actually do: I watch people leave.
I watch someone who's been talking about moving to Mexico for three years finally do it. I watch a couple realize they can retire a decade early if they just... go. I watch a remote worker open their laptop in Oaxaca for the first time and understand, viscerally, that none of this required permission.
That's the good part. But there's a gap.
Between the dream and the plane ticket, there's all this friction. Where do I actually live? What does it cost? Is that Instagram post someone trying to sell me something? Who can I trust?
I couldn't find a place that answered those questions honestly. Without the affiliate hustle. Without the "paradise awaits" nonsense. Without treating people like marks.
So I built one.
Freedom Abroad is a platform where people who actually live in Mexico make content about what it's actually like. Cost of living. Day trips. The boring stuff and the beautiful stuff. No stock photos. No marketing speak.
We pay creators to document their real experiences. Not influencers with ring lights. Just... people who moved, who are figuring it out, who want to share what they've learned.
Nineteen destinations. Forty-plus day trips. Real cost data that gets updated, not numbers from 2019.
Why?
Because the information exists. Someone in Mérida knows what rent costs in Mérida. Someone in San Miguel knows which day trips are worth the drive. That knowledge is just... trapped. In someone's head. In a Facebook group comment from two years ago. In a conversation you'd have to be lucky enough to overhear.
I want to unstick it.
I want the person who's been thinking about this for years to have what they need. Not to sell them something. Just to make the next step obvious.
Because nobody should feel like they need to be rich to leave. Nobody should feel like this is only for trust funders. It's not. The math works for a lot of people. They just don't know it yet.
I can't guarantee you'll love Mexico. I can't guarantee the move will fix anything. I can guarantee that you deserve real information before you decide.
That's what Freedom Abroad is.
We're still building it. Creators are still making stuff. The cost calculator still needs work. It's messy and mid-flight, like most things worth doing.
But it's real. And if you're still reading, maybe you're the kind of person who should be making content for it.
Or maybe you're the kind of person who just needs someone to tell you: the information exists now. You can actually look.
What happens next is up to you.