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You only get one life..

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  • #62
    stoplooklisten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭stoplooklisten


    Alf Stewart. wrote: »
    Is this a metaphor ?

    No :confused:, it's a breakfast cereal made from oats


  • #63
    Tipperary Fairy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭Tipperary Fairy


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    Will you not miss family, friends, sport, whatever?

    Left Ireland on 31 December and don't miss anything but the local take away, diet 7up and my boyfriend's family dog.

    It's funny though, you do get used to the palm trees and the weird birds, never thought I would have.


  • #64
    DivingDuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭DivingDuck


    WarZ wrote: »
    I am moving to a country in Central America. [...] crime is low.

    It was my understanding that none of the countries in this region would be considered "low crime". Is that ignorance on my part, or can anyone enlighten me otherwise?

    I'm all for living the life you want instead of the life people expect you to have-- so if this is really what you want, OP, go for it. Definitely do your research beforehand, though.


  • #65
    Minderbinder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Minderbinder


    lawlolawl wrote: »
    Never really saw the attraction of doing this. Once the novelty of living somewhere different wears off after a few months then you'll be just as bored with life except with slightly different scenery to be bored in.

    Running away to a different country to escape your problems/tedium is a really **** plan.

    Grass is always greener and all that.

    If you haven't done it though you're hardly qualified to make those judgements. I was of a similar opinion myself in my mid-twenties but I also had a huge fear that if I lived on the small island of Ireland for my entire life I would have massive regrets in later life when the same opportunities to travel may not be there.

    I've lived in three different countries since. The first experience was terrible. I was really homesick and generally had a bad time. But I don't regret that for a second. I'm proud I got through that because it opened my mind. Actually there was nothing wrong with the first country. The problem was mine and I overcame it. Since then I've loved every minute of living abroad.


  • #66
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,925 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Surely there are VISA requirements to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama plus wherever else in Central America tickles ones fancy if you plan on staying there longterm?

    I'm very boring in comparison :)

    Retire at 55 and have some of the winter in Spain or Portugal would suit me but I think I'll get a dog or three instead and enjoy life in Ireland, I do like it here to be honest. Couldn't me leaving my yet to be gotten dogs in care for a month or so.

    I do appreciate how boozing at the weekend seems an escape from the Mon to Fri slog/rat race and it is of course not sustainable longterm.

    Recognising the issue and coming up with the escape plan is a very good first step, implementing the escape plan is of course a possible 2nd step but there are infinite other 2nd steps that one can take towards a happier more fulfilling life, some of these do of course not eliminate the Mon to Fri gig but they make it seem worthwhile or necessary in the bigger picture.

    We've all been there at times, it is important to remember that only a minority enjoy it, most just get on with it but we are a resilient & adaptive creature so longterm most of us manage away and come out the other side smiling :)

    Dreams and plans are a must have imo, they don't need to come to fruition once you keep replacing them with others and have enough good/me/enjoyable time in your days/weeks/months to keep the balance right.

    Best of luck OP.


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  • #67
    fuzzydunlop85
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭fuzzydunlop85


    WarZ wrote: »
    After years and years of working my ass off in Dublin, hating my job and spending my weekends getting slaughtered drunk for no real good reason I have decided to take a massive step in my life before its too late.

    I am moving to a country in Central America. Why? It's dirt cheap, along a beautiful coast and crime is low. When I was younger I went there before and on just a thousand euros a month including everything I can eat out, live in a fancy place for next nothing.

    Before people ask, yes I've been to the place before. I am going to quit my job on Monday, sell the car, sublet the apartment. Take my savings and off I go. Ive no commitments here and u know what? I cant wait.

    Anyone else done something similar? Anyone besides mynameisURL because I thinnk I've heard him talk about Vietnam a ziliion times :p
    Moving to Ho Chi Minh myself next week after being in a bit of a rut the last couple years, best of luck on your travels.


  • #68
    idnkph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 674 ✭✭✭idnkph


    Deleted User wrote:
    Begrudgery isn't really a word that applies to fantasies imo.


    I dread to think what your fantasies are judging by your name.
    But it's great to see you keep up typical Irish begrudgery....
    Keep the stereotype alive sheep sha.... Snoop sheep... Or whatever


  • #69
    astonaidan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    irishguitarlad wrote: »
    I feared moving big time but I said **** it I'll move to Spain. I chose Seville and I can honestly say it has been the best year of my life. Going to see Betis play, improving my Spanish, the constant sun, my beautiful Spanish girlfriend, the friends I have made here. España es el mejor país!!!

    I was looking at moving to Spain a few years down the line, my wife is Argentine, so I think it would suit her better and Im a sucker for the sun, her uncle lives in Malaga so thats maybe where Ill end up


  • #70
    Shint0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,196 ✭✭✭Shint0


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    Don't think the country that you live in determines how you live your life. Will you not miss family, friends, sport, whatever?
    The OP said they don't have any commitments. Some people don't have that many ties here or responsibilities so in those cases it's a non-issue. They probably wouldn't have got as many varied responses if they had said they were moving to Australia as opposed to somewhere a bit less usual and let's face it there are a lot of Irish working in some very remote locations in Australia and doing the FIFO which sounds like a much tougher gig than what the OP plans to do. Wish him/her all the best in their new life.


  • #71
    astonaidan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    shaunr68 wrote: »
    Sorry I didn't want that to have come across at all smug, redundancy wasn't that generous but was enough for us to spend a year travelling on a budget and re-evaluate what was important to us. We'd just finished paying off the mortgage on a modest semi in the North of England after working for 30 years. Selling the house enabled us to buy a smaller place over there for rental and a fixer-upper here. My point really was that it can be possible to live on a shoestring if you forego luxuries, we manage on 650 Euros a month mostly food, leccy, internet and a bit of diesel. No kids, no booze, fags, eating out, takeaways etc but it's a price worth paying, to us anyway.

    I can relate to the no booze and smokes thing, Ive always had spare cash that I see other lads my age not having cause I dont smoke and me drinking is maybe a pint a month. These guys could be earning a lot more than me but always be scrimping. Id rather spend a hundred euros on 6 months gym membership than getting wasted on a saturday


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  • #72
    lawlolawl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭lawlolawl


    It's not a new life though.

    It's the same life with different a background.


  • #73
    Shint0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,196 ✭✭✭Shint0


    astonaidan wrote: »
    I was looking at moving to Spain a few years down the line, my wife is Argentine, so I think it would suit her better and Im a sucker for the sun, her uncle lives in Malaga so thats maybe where Ill end up
    astonaidan when did you get married? :eek: I remember when you used post about shifting the young ones in the hostels Down Under :D That doesn't seem that long ago. My my, how time flies and Malaga city FTW. Great city which has often been overlooked or rather looked down on in the past. Go for it!


  • #74
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,779 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Best of luck op. In a few months you'll be hanging for some decent rashers and taytos. I'll happily send some on to you.


  • #75
    Minderbinder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Minderbinder


    lawlolawl wrote: »
    It's not a new life though.

    It's the same life with different a background.

    Please stop commenting negatively on things you don't understand or can't relate to.


  • #76
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,195 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    idnkph wrote: »
    I dread to think what your fantasies are judging by your name.
    But it's great to see you keep up typical Irish begrudgery....
    Keep the stereotype alive sheep sha.... Snoop sheep... Or whatever


    You've not had the benefit of a fantasy thread of mine so its no surprise that you're at a loss, but the classlessness of yr chosen angle speaks volumes for how you react to being at such a loss

    NB you're still incorrect in your misuse of the concept of bregrudgery


  • #77
    lawlolawl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭lawlolawl


    Minderbinder wrote: »
    Please stop commenting negatively on things you don't understand or can't relate to.

    Nah, you're alright.

    Spending time abroad doesn't give you any kind of special insight into anything, in fact, it turns a lot of people into close minded, know-it-alls who think they always know better than everyone else because they lived in a different place for a while.


  • #78
    anothernight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,539 ✭✭✭anothernight


    lawlolawl wrote: »
    It's not a new life though.

    It's the same life with different a background.

    And yet that can make all the difference. ;)


  • #79
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    anothernight wrote: »
    And yet that can make all the difference. ;)

    Sometimes not though. A workweek is a workweek. The op is trying something different. Not working (or not what he's now doing anyway).

    Op when you go it would be interesting if you keep posting here.


  • #80
    Shint0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,196 ✭✭✭Shint0


    lawlolawl wrote: »
    Nah, you're alright.

    Spending time abroad doesn't give you any kind of special insight into anything, in fact, it turns a lot of people into close minded, know-it-alls who think they always know better than everyone else because they lived in a different place for a while.
    Oh now that's a bit unfair. If I move abroad it's for very personal reasons not because I want to impress people or impose the benefit of my wisdom on them. Mind you if we got a few more days during the year such as we are having at the moment I might be persuaded to reconsider.


  • #81
    lawlolawl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭lawlolawl


    anothernight wrote: »
    And yet that can make all the difference. ;)

    Generally, people who "change their life" by moving abroad are the type of people who did **** all to better their situation when they lived at home.

    An adventure for them was going to a different pub in their hometown than their local.


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  • #82
    anothernight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,539 ✭✭✭anothernight


    lawlolawl wrote: »
    Generally, people who "change their life" by moving abroad are the type of people who did **** all to better their situation when they lived at home.

    An adventure for them was going to a different pub in their hometown than their local.

    That's a hell of a generalisation. Slightly insulting too, but thanks.


  • #83
    lawlolawl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭lawlolawl


    anothernight wrote: »
    That's a hell of a generalisation. Slightly insulting too, but thanks.

    Meh. About time people started cutting through the bull**** around "going travelling".

    Fair enough if you want to do it but stop acting like it makes you have some special insight or amazing opinions on life.

    People change and improve because they want to. Geographical location has nothing to do with it.


  • #84
    anothernight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,539 ✭✭✭anothernight


    Eugene Norman wrote: »
    Op when you go it would be interesting if you keep posting here.

    IIRC Ads by Google did something similar. He posted one day that he was moving to somewhere in Asia, didn't know where. He ended up in Vietnam or thereabouts and judging by his post in this thread he seems happy with his decision. :)


  • #85
    DivingDuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭DivingDuck


    lawlolawl wrote: »
    Generally, people who "change their life" by moving abroad are the type of people who did **** all to better their situation when they lived at home.

    Some changes can not be achieved "at home". You can't improve the weather, you can't improve the cost of living, you can't improve the culture.

    The lifestyle in Ireland doesn't suit everyone. Perhaps they could have bettered their situation with changes while remaining here, but maybe they concluded that the level of improvement wouldn't be sufficient to justify the effort, and have consequently chosen to move abroad instead.

    I've got nothing but respect for people who are prepared to take control of their lives and actively seek out what it is they want for themselves. Maybe it won't work out, but how will they know if they don't try? If they're not hurting anyone else, where is the harm in doing just that?


  • #86
    anothernight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,539 ✭✭✭anothernight


    lawlolawl wrote: »
    Meh. About time people started cutting through the bull**** around "going travelling".

    Fair enough if you want to do it but stop acting like it makes you have some special insight or amazing opinions on life.

    People change and improve because they want to. Geographical location has nothing to do with it.

    "Going travelling" and "moving countries" are very different things though. Moving countries has a huge effect on your lifestyle. Huge. From the weather to education, through transport and bureaucracy, *everything* affects your daily life. If you spend long enough in a country you adapt to its ways, so that it becomes more difficult to go back to your own country and not feel out of place. You change, but your country changes without you too.


    "Going travelling" is usually an extended holiday, where you don't necessarily need to change much about your life as you will eventually go back to what you've always done anyway. In that case, I agree with you.


  • #87
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,565 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    What Cunttry are you going to OP.


  • #88
    Minderbinder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Minderbinder


    lawlolawl wrote: »
    Nah, you're alright.

    Spending time abroad doesn't give you any kind of special insight into anything, in fact, it turns a lot of people into close minded, know-it-alls who think they always know better than everyone else because they lived in a different place for a while.

    Are you an utter moron?

    Living abroad gives people a special insight into living abroad, which is the topic under discussion. I'm speaking from my experience. You're making presumptions.


  • #89
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    lawlolawl wrote: »
    Never really saw the attraction of doing this. Once the novelty of living somewhere different wears off after a few months then you'll be just as bored with life except with slightly different scenery to be bored in.

    Running away to a different country to escape your problems/tedium is a really **** plan.

    Grass is always greener and all that.
    But why not give it a go? There's a lot of people around me who did the same and have been out here longer than I have and are happy out.. If you're actually bored with the tedium, a move is always a great option.

    I have a completely different lifestyle than what's possible back home and I like it. I'm not saying it's better, or even that I was unhappy with what I had at home, but I'm happy to be doing what I'm doing.


  • #90
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    stoplooklisten wrote: »
    Will you be starting a porridge import/export business. It'm told he porridge in that part of the world is delicious.

    I got great value on porridge in Dealz yesterday... 10 sachets for 1.50.

    I had already bought 3 x 6 sachets for 2.79 each in Dunneses!

    It's been quite the weekend I'm telling you.


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  • #91
    lawlolawl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭lawlolawl


    Minderbinder wrote: »
    Are you an utter moron?

    Living abroad gives people a special insight into living abroad, which is the topic under discussion. I'm speaking from my experience. You're making presumptions.

    This post has just proven my point exactly.


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