Courtesy of Mary Jane Wilkie
- Mary Jane Wilkie is an independent contractor for a recruiter who moved from NYC to Paris in 2021.
- She began to dream of moving after making friends and visiting with her singing group in 2016.
- Despite a few challenges when it comes to taxes and cultural differences, she loves her new life.
It was my fantasy to move to Paris, but not necessarily at age 79 — that's just when it happened. I'd lived in New York City for 35 years, but Paris had been in the back of my mind since 2016.
COVID-19 quashed an earlier attempt to leave New York City in March 2020, so almost two years later, I boarded the plane shortly after my 79th birthday.