You got a new great idea: why don’t you go abroad to get some international experience and improve your English? US sounds great, but a friend of yours had an exchange semester in Thailand in 2015, and enjoying some sun while working sounds like a good idea to you. This idea of “doing something abroad” grows in your mind very fast, and one week later you catch yourself looking at immigration laws of different countries – why should you spend only 6 months abroad if you can LIVE abroad?
Take a dep breath and to think very carefully about your goal (see also my article on Motivation). What do you really want? This might give you some ideas:
- You just want to explore new countries and to look how other people live
- You want to exchange experience with colleagues from abroad / to improve your qualification
- You are deeply unsatisfied with your life in your home country / you want to build a new life abroad
As you may imagine, each of these ways will require from you a different level of motivation, investment of your finance and time. It seems obvious that you need to make your mind before starting the preparations, but too many women just jump into it by hearing: “But if you like it there, you get a boyfriend, get married and stay in the country!” Hey, this is something worth considering – but let’s imagine you are a smart girl depending on yourself. So what do you really want?
In this article, I will focus on the first two points, as there are going to be many posts on the smart immigration topic later.
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