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In the tried and true fashion of the old Knights Social forum, I'm putting my future in the hands of relative strangers.
Or, being more generous and accurate, my extended FFB family.
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You see, I am a man of supreme indecisiveness. I'm Charlie Brown with a mean ginger beard; so I need your help deciding what my future holds.
I'm on contract here in China until next April. No plans to change that, especially now my brother and his missus live twenty minutes cab ride away.
But I do have a bunch of options for what comes next, so figured I'd get your thoughts.
Option #1 - Stay here
Renew my current 20 hour a week contract. Drink a lot on the weekends. Enjoy eight weeks of paid vacation a year in a job I like. City is a bit 'meh' socially.
Option #2 - Teach someplace else in China
Try my luck in Shanghai, Yunnan province, Sichuan province, or even Hainan with its tropical radness. Run the risk of getting a real job or being in a place with even less of a social pulse.
Option #3 - Backpack Europe. Move back to Australia for 6+ months.
Due in London for a friend's wedding. Travel around Europe for a few months and then go back to Oz for two more weddings + Christmas. Find some kind of mind-numbing call center job in Sydney while I'm home.
Option #4 - Backpack Europe. Find a teaching job in Turkey or the Middle East.
As above, except I don't come home and instead take a job in the Middle East (more money, less booze) or Turkey (less money, more booze). The latter has the perk of having a well established mate nearby and being able to travel. More flexible contract allows me to go home for my mate's wedding.
Option #5 - Backpack Europe. Find a job someplace else in Asia, probably Japan.
Asia suits me, mostly because it's cheap and we're paid more than average. Japan is a place I've always been interested in going, but the work hours + cost of living are less conducive to debauched partying.
Option #6 - Move to Thailand and live off my website/savings
I've got other blogging friends who live off their blog income/savings and basically just write, party, drink, and explore Thailand and SE Asia. The least financially viable, although I could always teach there if need be.
Option #7 - Other
I don't know why this is even an option on polls. If there were better ideas, I'd probably have had them already.
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GoGoGo!
Or, being more generous and accurate, my extended FFB family.
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You see, I am a man of supreme indecisiveness. I'm Charlie Brown with a mean ginger beard; so I need your help deciding what my future holds.
I'm on contract here in China until next April. No plans to change that, especially now my brother and his missus live twenty minutes cab ride away.
But I do have a bunch of options for what comes next, so figured I'd get your thoughts.
Option #1 - Stay here
Renew my current 20 hour a week contract. Drink a lot on the weekends. Enjoy eight weeks of paid vacation a year in a job I like. City is a bit 'meh' socially.
Option #2 - Teach someplace else in China
Try my luck in Shanghai, Yunnan province, Sichuan province, or even Hainan with its tropical radness. Run the risk of getting a real job or being in a place with even less of a social pulse.
Option #3 - Backpack Europe. Move back to Australia for 6+ months.
Due in London for a friend's wedding. Travel around Europe for a few months and then go back to Oz for two more weddings + Christmas. Find some kind of mind-numbing call center job in Sydney while I'm home.
Option #4 - Backpack Europe. Find a teaching job in Turkey or the Middle East.
As above, except I don't come home and instead take a job in the Middle East (more money, less booze) or Turkey (less money, more booze). The latter has the perk of having a well established mate nearby and being able to travel. More flexible contract allows me to go home for my mate's wedding.
Option #5 - Backpack Europe. Find a job someplace else in Asia, probably Japan.
Asia suits me, mostly because it's cheap and we're paid more than average. Japan is a place I've always been interested in going, but the work hours + cost of living are less conducive to debauched partying.
Option #6 - Move to Thailand and live off my website/savings
I've got other blogging friends who live off their blog income/savings and basically just write, party, drink, and explore Thailand and SE Asia. The least financially viable, although I could always teach there if need be.
Option #7 - Other
I don't know why this is even an option on polls. If there were better ideas, I'd probably have had them already.
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GoGoGo!
