I Died for 3 Minutes. America Sent Me a $2 Million Bill. (Why We Left the US)

A year ago, leaving the US wasn't even on our radar! Now we've sold our home, our car, and nearly everything we owned, and our family is slow traveling the world full-time. This isn't a travel fantasy. This is the honest story of why Americans are leaving America, and why, for us, staying felt more impossible than going. I'm talking about the US cost of living crisis, a broken American healthcare system that literally almost killed me, American hustle culture burnout that hollowed out our entire lives, and the moment we realized the life we were killing ourselves for wasn't actually a life at all. If you're a US citizen researching moving abroad, expat life, or just wondering whether leaving America in 2026 is even possible for a regular family, this one is for you. We're not wealthy. We're not retired. We're a nomadic family running online businesses, homeschooling on the road, and doing slow travel through Europe one city at a time. We've been to Spain and Albania so far, and the difference in daily life is something I'm still processing. Included in this video: The healthcare crisis that nearly took my life, and cost $2 million. Why the "American Dream" started feeling like a trap. What life as an American expat actually looks like day to day. Whether we ever plan to go back. We still don't know how this story ends. But we're living it in real time. 👇 Are you thinking about leaving the US? Drop a comment, I'd love to hear from you!