When the Grass Is Always Greener

To stop yourself from only wanting the things you don't have, drill down into why you want them.

Why do you want the things you want?

I recently returned from a three-week trip to the USA, my eighteenth visit to the country. Growing up in Britain, America always held a certain mystique for me—the land of movies, skyscrapers, and NASA. I’ve often felt like it’s where I belong, rather than in the UK. I find myself feeling trapped on this rainy little …