Resigning and I'm so happy about that.... the past year has been true hell for me, but it's been a steady decline in my eyes for a few years.
I regret staying so complacent over the years and accepting a contract that takes away many of the boons I initially was attracted to at the start. I worked more and more having more responsibilities and felt little return in the sense that pay hung behind a glass wall, and all my efforts in being a great teacher (which I truly love doing) didn't match the reward.
And I feel like I stayed here because I felt safe and in a bubble of sorts cause I came from small-town Ontario, Canada and I didn't want to work in a factory (which I had to do after university). I got used to an easy, yet kind of unchallenging life physically, and I just sat with that. Yet, behind the veil of my comfortable living, In the back of my mind I was disconnected with a society I could never really become one with for various reasons, in my job I felt unchallenged and stagnant, and I just realized it was time to bounce. In some ways I'm grateful for this hell year so I could just make the break I needed to. Living here has broken my spirit in many ways (I realize it's self-inflicted as well).
If I could offer advice.. I feel like foreigners coming here need re-evaluate staying here long-term. This society is harsh.
That is a very polite and succinct comment. I really don't need to add to it.
Thank you.
I'm right there with you and hope that my current job search back home will be fruitful so that I don't have to renew and keep my schools on lock with me when I am on the way out.
It's time to go, as you wrote, and I am not upset about it either.
I got a house (no mortgage, all mine in Spain) from this life and a never-ending career should I decide to enter back into it somewhere else.
I've just come to realise that for now or indefinitely, working in this country isn't for me and I miss my food, my friends, and my family and recognize I'm missing out on higher paying jobs with my skill set, relocation and sign on bonuses, and UBI.
That's a lot of money. Plus I can cancel my global health insurance, storage fee, mail forwarding, and find a renter for my place when I'm out. That's a good bit of savings and increase in pay right there.
Plus the positions that suit me all have clear career paths. It isn't stagnant.
I wish everyone a good time here, respect, health, and wealth. I also wish for those who feel like us to make the painful yet proper decision to seek employment elsewhere, improve your qualifications if you need to, get a permanent visa if necessary to make it work.
Choose you, every time.
Peace and love.
