Overcome Your Fear of Working Abroad
Working abroad can involve taking the plunge into a whole new country and lifestyle. If you're scared of making the change, a little mental adjustment can help you tackle the transition!
Steps
- Have a little faith in yourself. Though the world seems like such a massive place (which it is) while working abroad you will realize it will get a lot smaller than it seems. Sometimes you have to:
- Make plenty of friends - The more the merrier! This will allow you to have connections all over the world
- Explore everything - Make sure that, when you get back home, you have plenty of amazing stories to tell.
- Say, "yes." - in the words of Bill Nye, "Successful people say yes," so if opportunities come up just remember, the answer is yes.
- Try to keep a family connection. Of course, while this one seems self explanatory, in practice this is a lot more difficult. A great way to maintain connection is Skype or similar products that allow long distance communication through the internet, so get your webcam and get to rolling!
- Remember to have fun with it! The world is for living in, is it not? As long as you maintain the aspects of an open mind and keep an eye for adventure each day working abroad will get better and better because no matter how big the world is there is always the chance to see it all.
Warnings
- Remember to keep your credit card information to yourself. This seems like common sense, but it is a serious issue amongst travelers.
