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Last night in an e-mail I received a notice from a global headhunting group informing me about two job opportunities in Dublin, Ireland.
It was quite a surprise... a very welcomed surprise. Here I am in Nebraska, smack dab in the middle of America and hearing about a job in Ireland... actually two jobs with the same company that I am qualified for.
Did I apply? Yes I did. A lot stands in my way as far as legal paper work to do it, but I applied anyway. Would I take the job if offered? In a heartbeat. I want to move to England and this would get me close.
I would go from a 15 hour flight to a 50 minute one... it would be an amazing chance to take "that leap of faith."
I share this here because of how I used to look at my job. I always thought of it as a job, one that in the back of my mind I would leave if I had a better job come up. But this isn't a better job, it's the same job.
It has dawned on me that my job has become a career... it just has me in shock that this has happened.
I've been at my company for 17 years. I was originally hired as a panwasher. That is all I did for 8 hours a day - wash pans. Certainly not a career, but I stayed there and have got three major promotions and now in charge of two departments, with a career that is open around the world.
Amazing what washing pans can lead too. There is never a job that is to small or below anyone. Think positively and be patient - good things come to those that wait...
It was quite a surprise... a very welcomed surprise. Here I am in Nebraska, smack dab in the middle of America and hearing about a job in Ireland... actually two jobs with the same company that I am qualified for.
Did I apply? Yes I did. A lot stands in my way as far as legal paper work to do it, but I applied anyway. Would I take the job if offered? In a heartbeat. I want to move to England and this would get me close.
I would go from a 15 hour flight to a 50 minute one... it would be an amazing chance to take "that leap of faith."
I share this here because of how I used to look at my job. I always thought of it as a job, one that in the back of my mind I would leave if I had a better job come up. But this isn't a better job, it's the same job.
It has dawned on me that my job has become a career... it just has me in shock that this has happened.
I've been at my company for 17 years. I was originally hired as a panwasher. That is all I did for 8 hours a day - wash pans. Certainly not a career, but I stayed there and have got three major promotions and now in charge of two departments, with a career that is open around the world.
Amazing what washing pans can lead too. There is never a job that is to small or below anyone. Think positively and be patient - good things come to those that wait...
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I invited Bill to have dinner with me last Sunday. He wasn't willing to drive 7 hours to mid Michigan and teased me with his beautiful ribs!!! So, of course I ate alone and had cedar salmon
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check out that smoke ring. It tasted really good. I smothered it with Maulls BBQ sauce which is Local to St. Louis and one of the best I ever had.....
Be careful about Dublin. The cost of living there is far greater than in US and there is a huge Crime rate.
Also, Ireland is currently subject to Austerity and many Irish are emigrating. Dublin itself is full of 'Class War' types.
I'm not suggesting you don't go, I would love you to come over, but just don't double-cross the Dubs.
I have been living in a 500 sq. ft. apartment and have been learning how to manage my finances to the point of spending as little as possible.
Every expense I have from rent, to utilities, to food... all of it... I've managed to cut my expenses to just $700 a month. That's cheap living... the rest I save for a chance at something like this.
Which Desi, means I don't have any preconceived notion as to what I'd be getting myself into. Austerity with every country revolves around benefits. I can't obtain or apply for a country's benefits for at least two years.
Which is why I will live cheaply, like I do now. IF I got this job, I would find a flat close to it... similar to how I am now, which is a two block walk to work.
I won't own a car, relying on mass transit and my feet.
It is a long way from being done... at this point it is still just a dream... yet there is no doubt that the way I have learned to managed money, I could make it work and work to the point of adding to my savings account. My largest expense would be flights to Manchester, UK and back.
You see Desi, that is the part about being street smart and not book smart. I was homeless for two years, I know how to survive and can empathize with the folks struggling to survive. I'm at home being dressed formally and eating lobster, just as much as being in three day old clothes eating out of a dumpster...
Good. When I visit a major city; like London; I try to utilise my money and avoid the maelstrom. Looking at the way cities are portrayed, I guess the media has a huge part to play in it.
Dublin was pretty cosmopolitan in 1999; when I lived there; but the Euro jacked up the price of everything.
My Brother got a friend to act as a mentor when he visited New York back in 2009. Luckily for me, if I ever visit London again I have a mentor from DA. (the Canadian woman who lives in Kent and provided me with a map of the Tube)
btw, If you do come to live in Dublin I may pop over to visit.
Registered with two on-line services in the UK and I'll go from there.
The thing about applying for work on the British Isles is that it will happen someday, that I move there. But it isn't something that needs to be done right now.
So, I'll keep working here and keep saving. I could move now, without a job, as I meet the savings requirements for entry into the UK... in time it will happen.
Right now though I'm on a deadline to produce a dozen cakes/breads before my winter trip to England... so six weeks to get everything done and ready to show at food shows and clients...
Yes, baking is 'cool' once again in the UK. The Great British Bake Off was yet another Duff reality show that proved a hit.
There's also Lorraine Pascale whose books are always for sale in Tesco.
At the time, I still had some debts to be paid and didn't really have a "strong enough" emergency fund to just get up and move across the sea...