life help: All I want to do with my life is live abroad.

krezebebe

Houston, TX, US

All I want to do with my life is live abroad.

Are there any Americans out there that found work abroad? How did you do it? How do you get started?

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peachy-keen 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (3 minutes after post)

*sigh*
to live in milan.
or switzerland.
or paris.
ohhh, or belize!

I quite like canada though :)

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sciscel #
Washington, MO, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (3 minutes after post)

I lived in Houston for four years back in the 80’s. I was down there about 5 yrs ago and it has changed allot

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tricky 66 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (5 minutes after post)

i live in lebanon :P would you like to swap or something :P…

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OliveOil 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (8 minutes after post)

Haven’t lived abroad, but have traveled quite a bit and I used to subscribe to this magazine…

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/
which lists some jobs as well as education abroad.

Although he is not living abroad - I also have a friend who works for Rick Steves as a tour escort/guide which he enjoy very much.

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krezebebe 29 #
Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (8 minutes after post)

tricky wrote:
i live in lebanon :P would you like to swap or something :P…

Don’t tease, Tricky ;)

tricky 66 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (9 minutes after post)

krezebebe wrote:

tricky wrote:
i live in lebanon :P would you like to swap or something :P…
Don’t tease, Tricky ;)

lol :D so why do u go abroad anywayz ?? where is ur american dream and stuff :D …

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tricky 66 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (24 minutes after post)

want to go*

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krezebebe 29 #
Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (26 minutes after post)

America is great and all but I need to live somewhere else before I die. I know what it’s like to live here and I want to know what it’s like to live somewhere else too.

tricky 66 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (27 minutes after post)

ohhh kk :)

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krezebebe 29 #
Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (27 minutes after post)

ames wrote:
Haven’t lived abroad, but have traveled quite a bit and I used to subscribe to this magazine…

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/
which lists some jobs as well as education abroad.

Although he is not living abroad - I also have a friend who works for Rick Steves as a tour escort/guide which he enjoy very much.

This is awesome…a lot of info…any tips on what i should look at first?

OliveOil 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (36 minutes after post)

Yes… so many links there it can be a bit overwhelming!

Since you are interested in working and living abroad maybe start by checking out the resources at these two links…

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/list…

Also you might try and narrow it down to a country that sounds like a place you would be interested in working and living. You can do a search on site for a particular country by typing the country in the search input box on the upper right.

Read articles about that particular country and what jobs are available - see if it matches with your interests or sounds like it might be up your alley.

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arp197 6 #
Singapore, 00, SG | 1 year, 9 months ago (38 minutes after post)

http://www.contactsingapore.org.sg/home/
How about sunny Singapore. Though it will be quite a change. Texas is known for everything big Singapore is small

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arp197 6 #
Singapore, 00, SG | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 hour, 7 minutes after post)

It’s a great place though

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Emilie T 3 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 hour, 13 minutes after post)

…Britain and America arn’t really desirable places to live if you are British or American are they ?!

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BaconByAnyOtherName 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (2 hours, 12 minutes after post)

tricky wrote:

lol :D so why do u go abroad anywayz ?? where is ur american dream and stuff :D …

the american dream is doing what makes you happy wherever and whatever that is

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tricky 66 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (9 hours, 57 minutes after post)

ohh kk :D

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krezebebe 29 #
Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (11 hours, 39 minutes after post)

arp197 wrote:
http://www.contactsingapore.org.sg/home/
How about sunny Singapore. Though it will be quite a change. Texas is known for everything big Singapore is small

Thanks Arp I will check it out!

melt 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (12 hours, 23 minutes after post)

http://www.fourseasons.com/houston/

start here.

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john-helm 0 #
Gand�a, 60, ES | 1 year, 9 months ago (12 hours, 27 minutes after post)

Living abroad is not all its cracked up to be. Ive been languishing in Spain for almost two years now. Its crazy how much you miss the little things.

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krezebebe 29 #
Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (12 hours, 37 minutes after post)

john-helm wrote:
Living abroad is not all its cracked up to be. Ive been languishing in Spain for almost two years now. Its crazy how much you miss the little things.

What do you miss most? What is it you do? How did you end up there?

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melt 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (13 hours, 2 minutes after post)

john-helm wrote:
Living abroad is not all its cracked up to be. Ive been languishing in Spain for almost two years now. Its crazy how much you miss the little things.

that’s why you do it, though. to appreciate what you have or have had, to experience new things, to break the monotony… to live life!

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krezebebe 29 #
Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (13 hours, 35 minutes after post)

camila22 wrote:
Hi.
first of all where would you like to move?

Well, I speak Spanish pretty well so any spanish lanuguage nation would be a good place to start. However I am not picky and would work anywhere…I’ve looked into the Foreign Service Exam and that would be fun. If I could choose any place on the planet to work though it would probably be Costa Rica or Spain.

krezebebe 29 #
Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (13 hours, 36 minutes after post)

melt wrote:
http://www.fourseasons.com/houston/

start here.

Do you mean work for the Four Seasons?

john-helm 0 #
Gand�a, 60, ES | 1 year, 9 months ago (14 hours, 34 minutes after post)

Sorry but I had to go anay from thecomputer.But I work as a mechanic here I happened to marry a woman from Spain. the rest is pretty much self exlanitory

melt 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (20 hours, 54 minutes after post)

krezebebe wrote:
Do you mean work for the Four Seasons?

yup. 6 months and you can switch positions. if you get in the right position, you can transfer to the one in costa rica & they take care of all the visa stuff for you.

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Kuvri (yodaluv12) 2 #
Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year, 9 months ago (22 hours, 47 minutes after post)

What job would you be interested in?
I’d also love to live abroad. Maybe in a few years. Good luck!

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krezebebe 29 #
Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (22 hours, 58 minutes after post)

Well, I currently work as a broker and my education is pretty thurough…I’m good at sales and I have a computer science degree. I would need to make a minimum to move (looking at about $40k all in) to support my mortgage, student loans and credit cards state-side, not to mention living a the new location. But $40k isn’t really that much is it?

krezebebe 29 #
Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (22 hours, 59 minutes after post)

(of course unless you count being able to spell thorough)

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