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1 year agoI say this with all due respect (I will be 40 myself in a few years) but your options are pretty limited at your age, unless you work for a company that wants to send you abroad.
It’s already hard to leave even if you’re young.
But if you want out, there’s a sub for that. And in general, the advice is to decide on the country you want to move to, and then see what your options might be. If you’re, say, a doctor or an engineer, then your chances improve.
I’ve been in Germany for 6 years now and I am so happy to be here instead of in the US. There are aspects of life in the US that I miss terribly, but all of the drawbacks are much bigger.
I am a lot lonelier in Germany. I moved at 30 and it’s hard to make new friends as an adult, let alone in a foreign country where you need to learn the language. Yeah, people will try to speak English with you, but it’s still exhausting for the majority of them.
And now that I am fluent I’m even older (funny how that works) and it’s even harder to make new friends.
Still, the benefits outweigh the costs. I hate work culture in the US and how so many people just go along with it. I hate car dependency. I hate copays and deductibles. I hate seeing people walking around with guns. I like the fact that I can hear a loud bang in a city center and not feel the need to run, because I know it’s just a firework some kids have let off.