How much information is enough to convince you to move abroad? Expats who have moved say they’ve generally had more than enough information long before making the move, and regret not having acted on it sooner.
Why is this so?
Part of it is a lack of definition on what really will move your needle.
Sitting for weeks watching YouTube videos about places to live, cultures to explore, lifestyles to imitate can easily become more entertainment than constructive research.
Set a goal for yourself that is ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. For instance, do you know what the visa requirements are for you to take residency and how to meet them?
Another reason is relying too much on what you’d think may be applicable to know in your own country that you assume will likewise apply when living abroad.
Contrary to what you might believe, a good way to start thinking about living abroad is to look at it from the perspective of ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ rather than from your own domestic perspective.
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐.
Life elsewhere ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ be like that in your own country. Why then seek for it outside your country?
Research in order to discover ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ rather than to find what you’re used to knowing only too well already.
Moving abroad? Some things you should avoid. Don’t seek for confirmation. Seek for ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.
What you’re already used to is likely a rare practice in the country that you want to move to. So, discover what things will be like, and not what you’d like them to be that you’re seeking to leave behind.
If you level set your expectations this way, you are likely to gain the better kind of knowledge that will enable you ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ to take the plunge and not regret wasting time โ maybe years! โ unnecessarily postponing your move.
The moment you so apply yourself in your search for information, you will also begin to think differently about starting a solopreneur business project that will enable you to have revenue follow you rather than you follow the source of revenue by location.
You can manage to untethered yourself from your location-dependent income and turn toward a location-independent income sourcing model to make your move abroad much easier and comfortable if you avoid seeking for confirmation of what you already know and search instead to discover what you’ve yet to find out.