A year ago, we did something that had been quietly brewing for a while—we packed up our life in the US and moved back to India. Two kids, two jobs, and fifteen years of routines, friendships, and Costco runs later, we hit pause and asked ourselves: Is this what we want for the next decade? The answer was a clear, resounding no. Since then, I’ve had so many conversations with friends and colleagues—some curious, some skeptical, and some secretly considering the same move. So I thought I’d write this down. Not as a checklist or a how-to guide, but as a real story. Our story. Why We Moved: The Quiet Exhaustion Behind the “Dream” On paper, we had it all. Two full-time jobs, a lovely home, good schools, safe neighborhood. But under the surface, we were stretched thin. Weekdays were a blur of meetings, daycare pickups, grocery runs, and laundry. Weekends were packed with birthday parties, social obligations, and catching up on chores. We were constantly on the move, but...