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jason from oz
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posted January 27, 2005 09:27 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
before I begin let me say that I know my position is very privelaged compared to many others, but none the less Im cracking up!

I have a return flight march 27 back to australia that would be 2 years teaching english in japan but somewhere along the line I got the idea of staying on until xmas this year and going home with 40000australian $ rather than 25000 in march.
25 is good but 40 is nothing like ive ever had and i crave that piece of mind

Thing is im a school teacher back home and from mid april to oct emergency teaching is busy so i could probably start working quickly.
jobs for 2006 start coming out october so I feel I should seize opportunities and get my career started.
Back home I kinda drifted around teaching doing emergency and contracts mostly,
partly because I didnt have the confidance to be the real thing, and partly because
the application process (6 pages of criteria) and I didnt even have a computer or could use one ,still cant and dont!!

I have a real drive to get into my career but cant decide if opportunity calls or can wait?? going back in dec may mean not working until mar april 2006 but going back to a big summer hol with 40000!
Actually I dont know how id cope with all that time off now ?? im 31 and feel the pressure to get started finally, especially as my bf has been a busy gov worker since he was 23 now 32!!
btw ive got a jp bf and leaving him is another factor
japan has been something i could never imagine happening but quite lonely
now the situation is better than before
but still not the normal life of home ie i work 1.20 to 9 sun to thur and cant speak jp
and there arent that many foreigners about

heres my details 15 dec 1973 6.32 pm australia melbourne
sun sag moon vir asc taur
thanx for anything at all and again I know im very privelaged comp to many others

jason

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posted January 27, 2005 09:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Yin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This might sound not too idealistic to you(since we are both Saggies) but if I were you, I would sit down and calculate how much every option will cost me.
From what I understood you have to make a decision between going home now with less money but possibly start teaching right away, so you can save all of your already earned money; and staying until the end of the year in Japan, saving even more but going back to Australia at a time when you might not be able to start working right away and therefore live off the money you bring back with you. Am I getting it right?
I'll tell you what. I've been struggling financially all my life. Therefore, if I were you, I would sit down, once again, and calculate what either decision will cost me. Financially and emotionally.

Don't forget that YOU have full control over your decision.

Good luck to you!

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