Theme; Living and working abroad Plan 1.Have you thought about living and working abroad 3. Living and Working Abroad Questionnaire
Are you tired of the status quo? Bored with the daily grind? Sick of the rat race? Fed up with your national politics? Seek a better or more interesting life for yourself or your kids?
Do you picture yourself breaking free of earth’s gravity for a while, and soaring off to live and work in some far-flung destination, perhaps for a year, or even for good?
Maybe you imagine yourself teaching English in Bangkok by day, enjoying the sizzle of the city by night, and basking in the laid-back beach scene on the weekends. Or perhaps you’re an IT expert who dreams of consulting for an up-and-coming dot.com in Beijing while perfecting your tai chi forms with a wushu master. Maybe you’re a post-graduate archaeology student with an urge to dig, or a statuesque beauty seeking the allure of international fashion runways, a fluent Spanish translator who wants to run with the bulls, or a wannabe chef (have knives, will travel).
Whatever your dream, now may be the time to go for it, but not without first taking a good, long look at yourself to see if you have what it takes to live and work abroad.
Making the decision to relocate to a foreign country is a monumental leap, and having the "right stuff" is crucial. Lots of people dream of doing it, but a significant percentage of them get where they're going and hit a wall in the first month or two because they didn't realize their own shortcomings and weren't aware of the kinds of obstacles and pitfalls that awaited them.
Unless you’re already a gypsy at heart with a lifestyle to match, which is more and more common, the process will undoubtedly require an enormous expenditure of time, energy, effort, and money; not to mention the fact that your adventure comes with no guarantee. And although your chosen destination may be a quaint, charming, simple environment, or it may be one of the safest, most sophisticated nations in the world; its culture, language, and climate may present unforeseen difficulties for a foreigner in the course of everyday life.
So it is crucial that you make an honest and thorough personal evaluation to ensure that you have what it takes before embarking upon such a daring venture. The following questionnaire will help you evaluate your assets and attributes to determine if you are up to meeting the challenge successfully.
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