Posted on: 22 May, 2002
Author: Jos van Doorn
That can happen. You're living in your own ... working like hell. But you keep on ... changes. No big ... can you do? Stay where you are and keep ... Sure. You That can happen. You're living in your own country.You're working like hell. But you keep on struggling.Nothing changes. No big money.What can you do? Stay where you are and keep onworking? Sure. You can. And with it you'll get realfrustrated. You won't live long.Is there an alternative? You bet there is. Go toanother country. And there start all over again. Getyour life in order there.I know. That's difficult. It's difficult to decide toleave you own country and go to another country. You'rescared to go away.You seriously think about going to another country. Andthen you come up with a lot of reasons why you can'tdo that. Why you have to stay.You're thinking about your family, about the house youbought, or maybe about the car you have. Must youleave that all behind?And then what's going to happen to you when you are inthat other country? Can you live there or must you beafraid of gangster and other criminals?And then there is your job. You're very muchfrustrated.But you've got such a good job. You've been in that jobfor many years.Don't think. Just go away. Of course you find a lot ofreasons why you can't go away. That's a human nature.But there is no reason for staying.Think about it. There is only one good reason. And thatreason tells you to go away. You are fed up. You'refrustrated. You want to change that.Is it difficult to go away? Do you need a lot of moneyto go away? Must you make a lot of preparations to goaway? No, no, no.It's not difficult to go away. Just step on a plane andfly to that other country. You arrive in that othercountry and have a look around.Do you need a lot of money? That depends on the countryyou pick. But in most countries you come a long waywith $ 300.How long do you want to stay in that country? Sixmonths? So for staying there six months you only need$ 1,800. That's not much.What preparations? Your house will not run away. Yourcar stays there. What is there to prepare? Insurances?Forget about them.The only thing you must do is decide to what countryyou want to go. This is an advice I can give to you.Find a country different from your country.Suppose you're living in the West. Then go to adeveloping country. That's what you can do still athome. Find a good country.Find a good developing country where you can find adecent job. And where the standard of living is good.Go to that country.Have a plan. You go to that country. At first you lookaround. You plan to stay there maybe six months. Goback to your own country after six months.In your own country you can find a temporary job. Thereyou can make some money. When you've got enough moneythen go again to that country.Look further in that country. See what you can do. Seewhether you can find a job. See whether you can make aliving there.You have got a job in your own country. You've got atalent. Use that job, use that talent. And find a wayto use it in that other country.Believe me. That's all that it takes. Go to that othercountry. Find a job there. You will find a job there.And stay there.Be happy in that other country. Don't make the samemistakes you made in your own country. In that othercountry you know how to avoid them.This guy went to another country. And he's doing verywell. He's doing even better than in his own country.Much better.I was living in Holland. I had a job I didn't like. Ididn't really make big money. I was looking for anotherjob.I know a lot about AutoCAD. I'm very good atprogramming in AutoLISP. I was looking for a job whereI could use that talent.But in Holland I couldn't find such a job. Maybe I waslooking hard enough. Maybe I should have been moreaggressive in my job search.Anyway. I had enough of Holland. I stepped on the4plane and I flew to the Far East. I was in Indonesia,in Thailand, and now I'm in Malaysia.I live in Kuala Lumpur. I married a very sweet lady. IBought an apartment here. I bought a new car. I've gota job as an AutoLISP programmer.Now my life is much better then my life as it was inHolland. Now I do what I always wanted to do. Now Ihave the job I like to have.Sure. The pay here is much lower than in Holland. HereI get maybe a third of what I would get in Holland. Butwho cares.It's all about what you can do with the money you get.That's a lot more than in Holland with the money I getthere.In Holland how much interest do you pay on a mortgage?Is it eight percent? Is it even more? Here you only payan interest of four percent.I bought a car. I pay the car in installments. How muchinterest do you think I pay? You think 15%? Or more?No. Here you only pay 4.25%.And then the price of a car here. I bought a new carfor less than $ 14,000. The same car would cost atleast $ 30,000 in Holland.OK. I must be honest. There is a disadvantage toworking in Malaysia. In Holland they talk about working36 hours a week.Here they are working five and a half days a week. Herethey work 45 hours a week. But if you like the jobyou're doing then that's no big deal.Yes sir. Go to another country if you don't like theway things are in your own country. Look around andfind a place to stay.As I went to South East Asia I wasn't thinking of goingto Malaysia. I was only thinking of going to adeveloping country.In a developing country you can do a lot with yourmoney from the West. But then you also want to make aliving there.I looked around and decided for Malaysia. Malaysia isthe best country around here. And I started workingwith AutoCAD.I think I came to the right country. Here they don'tknow too much about AutoCAD. So I can do a lot forcompanies here.I think you can do the same. Step on a plane and flyaway to another country if you don't like your owncountry no more.Have a talent and use that talent. Start working withyour talent and then find a job. Make plans and getstarted. Get a better life. Article Tags: Another Country, Other Country Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com