Time Management

Since living abroad I've come to realize how hard it is to prioritize seeing people during our visits back to the states. You want to see as may people as you can, and if you're coming back around a wedding or other special event (or two), you don't always have free times at the times you want. In order to meet up with one person or group, you always feel like you're letting down another. 

Other expats I know (either Americans in Australia or friends who live in America who are from elsewhere) have expressed similar feelings. Many don't announce when they're going back to their hometown because of the risk that they will let some family or friends or groups down. 

Most Americans think, surely, if someone is somewhere for two weeks that is a lot of time. To an American, that is a lot of vacation time. Many Americans never take that many days off of their job in a row. But, when you break down the number of days you're expected to be places already, there aren't that many left unless you want to meet up at 11AM on a random weekday and don't have to work then. 

I say all this just to say, I always wish there was more time.