Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.
Somebody get me outta this backwards country 🥺
You can do it - I did.
- Find a skill in need in Europe (preferably richer Northern) or rich places like Singapore where the QoL is worth moving
- Sell everything or save the equiv of 2-3 months of salary for settling-in expenses
- Write to headhunters, businesses…anyone posting a job in your field; see if they can assist you with an apartment so you can land with a place to live (note: nothing comes furnished - no carpet paint, appliances…my apartment even needed wall switches)
- Move there with everything you now own in 2-3 bags
- Rebuild your life slowly: learn the language, learn to love Ikea - you’ll be there a lot, learn that you can’t get what you used to love to eat so you’ll have to learn to cook to make it, learn to live as an immigrant, with everyone wanting to know why you’re there, without full rights, and with constant intrusion of the immigration services.
Yeah - sounds like a pain. 25+ years later, it’s been worth it to get the hell out of New Jersey.
Find a skill in need in Europe (preferably richer Northern) or rich places like Singapore where the QoL is worth moving
Oh is that all? So easy. Just find a skill. They grown on trees.
Oh is that all? So easy. Just find a skill. They grown on trees.
Well, if you’re looking on trees, that explains a bit.
But seriously - I hated my job in ‘94, picked up a book in HTML, and within 6 months was able to get a job at a web startup. By ‘98 I was able find a job in The Netherlands and move here literally a month later.
I know of financial analysts, accountants, designers, plumbers, builders, nurses - all from outside the EU, moving here. About 80% have gone back, but that 3-5 year window gave them plenty of experience and an external view of what they REALLY wanted for their future.
You can do it, but you have to know what you want, where you want to go and especially, what the market needs.
