Our decision to be intentional vagabonds who relocate every few years has made us into better people. There are two main reasons why.

By moving consistently, we have inadvertently reduced our capacity to develop a persona. That may sound negative, but it’s not. It means we focus more on the meaningful because we have elected to be observers, and that’s a state well suited for our relatively apathetic personalities.

But more important, our detachment is a great tool for establishing the right relationships because the wrong people always defend themselves from our departure. For whatever reason, they cannot see beyond our temporary presence, and don’t value that vulnerability.

C’est la vie.

And that's how you weed people out of your life.