I moved to Portugal from the US. My work-life balance is way better and I never work past 6 p.m.

Sat, 09/23/2023 - 05:22

Kaitlin Wichmann in Lisbon, Portugal. — Kaitlin Wichmann is an American expat living and working in Lisbon, Portugal.
Kaitlin Wichmann

Kaitlin Wichmann is an American expat living and working in Lisbon, Portugal.
Wichmann, a freelance digital marketer, moved to Lisbon from Kansas City, Kansas, in 2022.
She said the country's focus on work-life balance has been a positive change from that in the US.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kaitlin Wichmann, an American expat living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. Insider has verified her clients with documentation. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

I moved to Lisbon in 2022 from my hometown of Kansas City, Kansas.

I'd been traveling for a while and was already looking for a place to settle down. When I arrived in Lisbon, I just had a gut feeling that I was meant to stay longer.