Do you have ambition to live or retire abroad?

guidomerkinsrules said

..........in theory
my job is still very much face to face and I just can't imagine a school/company in Thailand or Vietnam getting all giggly about a well passed his prime experimental dance and theatre teacher
plus since my oldest seems to be riding this Musical Theater train - and most of those job offerings will be stateside, I just don't see expatriation is in my cards atm
my youngest is a bit obsessed by Japan, so that might be an easier sell, but...

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I get it.. and i agree with you, which is why i typed my disclaimer in capital letters.. every situation is different, and each person’s scenario is unique.. end of the day, i think one has to get so fed up that they are willing to make a drastic change like going overseas, or else it probably wont happen.. i was at a breaking point, tired of paying extortionate American prices for basic s***…. instead of thinking ‘gee i would like to make a big change, let me figure out how’- it became ‘ok this HAS to happen for my mental health and everything else- let me assume im doing this, then work backwards from there in terms of how to do it’…. It seems trivial, but that mindset shift, to me, made a world of difference .