Vol. I · No. 1 · 2026 Currently publishing from Zürich, Switzerland Travel · Residency · The Examined Life

The Grounded Globalist

Make all the world your stage.

Lead photograph · the current city
The cover story

You don't need permission to live everywhere.

The world tells you to pick one country and defend the choice. I picked four, earned papers in six, and kept the same ground under my feet the whole time. This publication is the working record: the journeys, the paperwork, and the life they add up to.

The atlas

Where the stage has taken me

Hover a country. Gold marks the places I call home.
Countries traveled Places I call home
40+countries traveled
4places called home
3citizenships held
3residencies earned
Citizenships
United States · Greece · Italy

One by birth, two earned through descent: the consulates, the archives, the patience. All documented in these pages.

Residencies earned
Switzerland · Japan · Argentina

Three continents, three very different systems, three successful applications. The playbooks live in the guides.

The consult
Your pathway, mapped

One private consultation: your situation, your realistic routes, and a written plan. For readers who want the concierge version.

Guides

The Swiss residence permit, step by step

What the forms actually want, in the order that saves you a month. Article slot.

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Heritage

Citizenship by descent: the Greek and Italian routes

Both walked personally. Documents, consulates, and the real timelines. Article slot.

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Musings

Field notes from the current city

The journal side of the publication: what living abroad actually feels like. Article slot.

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The back page

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