Love this article, i also quit my job about 2 years ago and the list of pros is sooooo long.
Nothing can buy that freedom I swear.
Also, why are you guys leaving?
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Love this article, i also quit my job about 2 years ago and the list of pros is sooooo long.
Nothing can buy that freedom I swear.
Also, why are you guys leaving?
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Thank you @aliciasteyn!! very kind indeed! it's really good to hear from like-minded people esp so early in my journey! but instead of all the fear I thought would consume me after such a choice every day just highlights the awesome choice made and the start to a great new life manifesting how I intend it to. taking back that control is a feeling very few words can begin to describe with justice anyway.
As for moving there are a number of reasons! I see you are also from SA so you may or may not relate.
Our kids are mixed and not just South African and it's their birthright to be exposed fairly to both side to start with, but also my beloved home South Africa has many of its own downsides lately, from the general mentality of a 3rd world vs 1st world country and its ways and standards of living, Access to the most basic of human needs/rights that are seen more as a privilege here example: the different levels of standards of education differ widely according to income levels and location. So much so that government school have dropped their matric qualifying passing rate 3 or more times in the past 5 years, crippling the youth and setting them up for failure when it comes to being university standard ready right off the bat and even worse so making that educational gap between us and the rest of the world even larger and harder to bridge.
The violence another reason, as our government fails at maintaining and upkeep the basic needs like electricity and we continue to get scheduled blackouts (which has been better lately but not sure for how long) due to years of pocketing funds allocated for running such infrastructure, its not only crippling our economy, business and country credibility to the rest of the world looking to invest in an emerging market like our own but also sending the wrong message to the rest of the country and crime and easy taking has risen in the darkness
A lot of pent up hate crimes too from years of unresolved racism is surfacing again and for a mixed family, it becomes very hard to find one's place, esp for the kids. but its really not all doom and gloom and there are many many beautiful things too but like any new democracy, there are many things to be worked on and fixed before the right maturity and inclusive mindset it embedded.
More importantly to me and set aside the politics and troubles that every country has just in diff shades and flavors, is it's more about the advancements of the rest of the world and their willingness to accept change for the better from Tech to health care to education, culture all things new that I wish to be more expose to and expose the kids too so that we can one day have something to give back South Africa when we return.
France is the kid's fathers homeland and as such a big part of who they are! but it will never take away from them being South African and they must grow up knowing both so they can be equally proud of every bit of who they are, their full cultural background and be all the wiser and better equipt for life in that way.
Lastly a chance at access to better opportunities that will allow us to provide for our kids the very best in life. I could really go on forever but ill find the time to write a bit more about it and post it sometime ok.
I hope to hear more from you as a fellow South African and I've followed you
Absolutely understand and relate 100%. I dont have a mixed family, but I can only imagine how difficult ut would be to find your place when we are in a heavily seperated space at the moment. The racism is intense, more so than i have ever actually experienced and I was born here and Im 30 now.
I think you guys are making a choice that is for the best especially for your family and the fact that you have kids.
I have been thinking hard on leaving myself, but as I dont have kids, I will miss my parents and my siblings as they are my only family right now.
So ill see, I would love to follow your journey, please update us on how the move goes.
All the best
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