I swore I would leave the US if Trump won the 2016 election. Here’s how that worked out for me. [Video]

“If Trump wins this election, I’m moving out of the country.”

I said those words in November 2016. So did a lot of other Americans: so many, in fact, that Canada’s immigration website crashed because of increased traffic as votes were being tallied. No joke.

I don’t know how many others followed through on that declaration, but I did. Trump won the election, and I left the US nine months later.

Full disclosure: Trump becoming president was not the only reason I left — it was also about being fed up with my corporate job, coupled with a strong desire to explore the world.

I was 37, single, with no children or pets, so I was free to quit my job, uproot myself, and take off. I did own a house at the time, which I sold a few months after I left.

Upon my departure, I didn’t have much of a plan other than the intention to spend …