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Allanmta wrote:

This is what i am thinking, i am not happy with my life here

Financial stability is king so you must pay off your mortgage have 2.3 children, a stress related heart condition and an ulcer the size of a black hole.
That way you can die happy in the knowledge you had a lovely house that took you 50 years to pay for, an excellent flat screen TV and a very nice car. You will have made a lot of advertising people happy and a good few salesmen will have a little extra commission on your purchases.
Why would you possibly want to change from the life of a minion who contributes to society with the taxes he pays on his 9 to 5 job, and what would possibly make you want to miss out of the daily office experience so many people enjoy so much?

Really, you have to get sensible, realising your pointless wish to be happy is nothing when compared to your bank manager's love and how much your boss would miss you in the office.
Now think of the disdain you'll receive if you buck the trend, and how terrible it would be having people will talk about you behind your back.
The shame, the shame, and you'd be to blame.

The following is only for people with a sense of adventure, an open mind, and the crazy to get on with it.

Tell your boss to stick his pencil up his nose, then bugger off to Asia and stuff anyone who doesn't like you doing it.

EternalQuest wrote:

Beware, I'm mean and direct.

I won't stop u from dreaming nor discourage u for not trying. The only problem from your post is that you DON'T seem to have a Plan B!!!

Instead of thinking on the bright sides of your Asian Adventure, u'll better off start thinking What if things doesn't work out. Ensure there is enough time and financial buffer to see through it, reality s always harsh.

Agree, this is what i am working on right now. Plan b and c.

eodmatt wrote:

Alan, you have two choices:
1. Start drinking heavily.
2. Pack your bags and get yer arse over here!

I wish it was this easy, but i would choose both drink heavily while packing.  Lol

Deepsix wrote:

Its been a few weeks since you first posted.... the fact is nobody cares on this site whether you stay in Canada or not...you say on your profile ' entrepreneur' yet you cant make a decision...grow a pair mate and stop whining..."I don't know what to do" " I wish it was that easy".....blah, blah, blah!

I appreciate the tough love.

colinoscapee wrote:

Just imagine lying on your deathbed when you are old and thinking about the life you had and could  have had. That one thing keeps coming up " why didn't I move to Viet Nam". Give it a try mate, just prepare yourself and have some backup plan. It can be difficult at times, in the first six months I was here I thought "what the hell am I doing here".That was mainly due to having set up a three story shop and office, and I was going mad dealing with the locals and my staff. After I sold the business 2 years later, life was so much better.

My number one tip, don't get caught up with the girls, find a nice girl who has a decent job, good family and can converse in English. Too many guys get stung by the pretty little scammers, if she seems too good to be true, you're most probably just a walking ATM?

Thats the NUMERO UNO warning in Vietnam.

GaryFunk wrote:

3. Arrive in Vietnam and start drinking*.

*Heavily!

hd375c wrote:

Hi Allan,

Fear stops many people from fulfilling their dreams, you got to have blind faith and jump, you can have the best of both countries.

I agree.
Travel and adventure aren't for everyone, and I almost missed out because of people telling me how foolish I was being, and how I must be sensible.

Stuff them to hell - I would never have done the wild things I've done, I would have missed out on piles of fun, and I wouldn't have masses of crazy stories for the nurses not to believe when I'm old and stuffed in some home, pooping the bed and saying inappropriate things to women in the hope I'll get away with being disgusting because they think I've lost my marbles.

Question is - what stories do 9 to 5 bods tell their nurses?
One day I was in the office when the pencil sharpener broke - it was a horrible experience.

Ner, not for me.

gobot wrote:

Man what is it with the Canucks lately who have decision anxiety?!    We just had BC-trapped @StuckInCanada a month ago. Funny, must have been a long cold winter.

Delusion: "I am struggling between ... working with a good job with security".
Doh, two oxymorons: "good job" + "Job with security"

Rule 1. Don't listen to your friends and family. Also applies to questions like "Should I change my career / get divorced / start a business" etc. You are rocking their boat.

Rule 2. Don't listen to Vietnamese. Viets dream of moving to the west, for totally different reasons.

Rule 3. Nothing is permanent. Imagine that there are also very happy people who have moved states and countries, changed career, married / divorced, started / failed businesses. Repeatedly! Be free. Live life. Try something new. Not so much risk in "Try". If you find out you don't like Vietnam, it has its issues, many prefer Thailand, Philippines, Bali, Mexico, Florida. I am in Bangkok now for 6 monthsOr do a part-time Asia/Canada thing. So many options.

Recommendation: For income, take a year to prepare yourself. Save. Buy rental property there. Research. Perhaps you can work for an international company. You can teach english in many countries and that might lead to other opportunities. If you are technical or marketing or sales type, there is tons of internet work for western-level income. Spend a year studying and job prepping, then "try a year".
good luck!   

One of the comments that make a lot of sense! Good luck, Allan!

shockhahn wrote:

"One day you will wake up and there won't be anymore time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now" (Paulo Coelho)..

I like that, and it's true.

You can wonder, consider and mess around playing safe for years, but never actually do anything.
One day you wake up in a nursing home having just peed the bed as you were too old and frail to make it to the toilet, and you'll ask the nurse why your life was so disappointing.
I almost did, but a series of happy meetings with foreign girls changed my whole life.

Go for peeing the bed and being generally disgusting when you're past it, but have a bunch of fantastic stories to tell the staff before you stuff it.

GET WILD AND LIVE, then pee the bed with a smile on your face as you recall a million memories.