4 mistakes I made during my move back to the US after years of living abroad

The author moved from London to NYC in October.Alexander Spatari/Getty Images

• I moved back to the US in October after spending 4 years in the UK.
• There were challenges from the moment I landed in New York.

Moving is tough, let alone moving to an entirely different continent.

I can personally vouch for that because I just relocated to New York City from the UK. Although I have an American passport, I've spent less than 20% of my life actually living in the US. For the most part, London and smaller neighboring villages in England have been my home.

For a brief four years, I ventured to the US for college in Boston, but I returned to the UK thinking I'd be happy to live in London for the rest of my life.

But things changed, and before I turned 27, I decided I wanted to spend some time living back in the US while I don't have much tying me down in the UK. I thought: If not now, when?

So here I am, over a month in, and it's safe to say it's been a real roller coaster. For anyone thinking of making a similar leap of faith, here are a few mistakes I wish I'd avoided.