I live in Belgium with my little family. We are completly fed up with this country and europ. I have a dream like lots of people here. But I have skills :
I'm web designer (e-commerce, website, graphics,...).
I know adobe suite, office suite.
I knnow a lot about dropshipping (But I hate screwing people, so I don't want to sell crappy goods).
I know about social network ads.
I know computers component.
I would love to quit everything to go to bali or other part of the world with quiet countryside and quiet politics situation. I kow Bali because i went to indonnesia lots of time.
If you have some experience with the life i would love to, if you did this crazy thing to quit everything. How did you do it ?
With my skills, do you think I am able to give to my family a socially and economically pleasant life?
If you have some idea and some advice. I would love to hear you. You can also MP me. Thanks a lot ;)

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I live in Belgium with my little family. We are completly fed up with this country and europ. I have a dream like lots of people here. But I have skills :

I'm web designer (e-commerce, website, graphics,...).
I know adobe suite, office suite.
I knnow a lot about dropshipping (But I hate screwing people, so I don't want to sell crappy goods).
I know about social network ads.
I know computers component.

I would love to quit everything to go to bali or other part of the world with quiet countryside and quiet politics situation. I kow Bali because i went to indonnesia lots of time.

If you have some experience with the life i would love to, if you did this crazy thing to quit everything. How did you do it ?

With my skills, do you think I am able to give to my family a socially and economically pleasant life?

If you have some idea and some advice. I would love to hear you. You can also MP me. Thanks a lot ;)

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I'm a Belgian currently in Bali. Yes, it's better here, for me at least, it really depends on what you want and need. Especially when you have a family. You mention 'quiet' and 'countryside', but that's sometimes easier to find in Belgium imho. Bali is quite noisy because its very densely populated and traffic is hell. If you want to live in the countryside here, you will have deal with slower wifi, more basic houses, and big stores/restaurants/etc will be far away.It is possible though, I live in a small fishing town in the north and there's still some families with kids here.

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I understand the living in Bali part, but otherwise this is a Snowflake post. The EU is probably the best place to live in the world

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Most people that are so fed up and so frustrated that they have to “get out” end up having a really tough go of it. Running away isn’t always the answer because unfortunately at times, you go with you. I think you have the skill set to do whatever it is you’d like to do, schooling children is easier than you’d think, and overall I think seeing different cultures and immersing yourself is beneficial for the whole family. However, I personally wouldn’t leave until you get to a calmer state. Instead of “I HAVE TO GET OUT!!” You should calmly be in the mental space of “this place is not for us, even though it is for some people and I think there’s something better for my family”. I think you will make a more rational decision that will be more beneficial for you and your family if you’re in that headspace.

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It’s a Belgian thing to have self limiting beliefs that prompt you to even ask those questions when you have these range of high-value skills and smarts that are literally driving a significant portion of the economy today.Choose one branch, deep dive and specialise in it. Social support more than often (not always!) serves as an insurance for lack of ambition and determination. There’s no such thing as a free lunch anyway. Mindset wise - it held me back. For every inch of security, you lose an inch of freedom - as those are both ends of the same axis.I understand it’s a choice you make yourself and it gets more complicated when family’s involved.Parkinson’s law says all resources available will be used to reach a certain goal. As a result, Social-democratic goverments will always keep raising taxes to fund their incompetences through inefficient spending without any form of accountability.It’s a losing game, and one I don’t wish to be involved in.You got this.

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