Marvin16x
Active Member
Hi all,
I want to keep this as short as possible. I'm very unhappy with my life here in Germany and have been for many years now. I'm only 23 but could never really get along with the lifestyle of the western youth (submissively obey, party hard on the we, not care about anything etc). When I got out of school in 2013, I went to New Zealand for almost a year to live on the road and experience a different way of life; a life of adventure and excitement. Once back I thought I should go to uni (it was my curious and questioning mind that nearly got me kicked out of school as a teen) - and I did, but quit a few months later. Now I'm doing an apprenticeship in a professional photo studio because I've loved photography since I was small but I'm about to quit again, for my head is driving me crazy and I'm not willing to waste my life any longer (we're working from 8.30 to 18 and do lots of bs). I've got this incredible urge to break free and leave this system behind, at least for a few years, and work as little as possible (which will of course mean to manage with little money). I want to live, not just survive, ere it's too late (note: I'm a pessimist too ). But that's just my opinion, I have been shaped over the years. And don't get me wrong: I'm no lazy bugger, I can work hard and responsibly when I have to (worked a lot in NZ and in Germany over the last four years), but to me it's just a waste of precious time.
But enough of that. I know most of you will tell me to calm down and finish that apprenticeship (2.5 more years though) or look for something else that I'd enjoy, but let me tell you that I can't. I just can't any longer.
My plan is to get a van and convert it to a mobile home (attaching a caravan to my 190 won't work). I would then like to travel to GB in late spring to to spend the first couple of months in the south of England, enjoying nature and focussing on landscape photography and writing while doing odd jobs every now and then (I'm willing to do almost anything, especially if part-time and I'd also love to work on farms for food and shelter). I know this sounds very fantasy-like but I really hope and believe that this should still be possible, even in 2017 with all the bureaucracy, the fear of the Brexit and all the other crêpe we're forced to deal with.
Now apart from asking you for your opinions and views on this, I'd also like to know about temp work in the UK in general and chances as a young German without proper 'qualifications'. Maybe some of you had to deal with temp work before yourselves or know about the current job market and how they treat aliens like me. I've been learning French and Spanish for a while now too and thought that I could maybe even find a job in tourism (Cornwall, Wales, Lake District, wherever else) at some point.
That shall be it for now.
Looking forward to your replies.
Thanks a lot,
Marvin
I want to keep this as short as possible. I'm very unhappy with my life here in Germany and have been for many years now. I'm only 23 but could never really get along with the lifestyle of the western youth (submissively obey, party hard on the we, not care about anything etc). When I got out of school in 2013, I went to New Zealand for almost a year to live on the road and experience a different way of life; a life of adventure and excitement. Once back I thought I should go to uni (it was my curious and questioning mind that nearly got me kicked out of school as a teen) - and I did, but quit a few months later. Now I'm doing an apprenticeship in a professional photo studio because I've loved photography since I was small but I'm about to quit again, for my head is driving me crazy and I'm not willing to waste my life any longer (we're working from 8.30 to 18 and do lots of bs). I've got this incredible urge to break free and leave this system behind, at least for a few years, and work as little as possible (which will of course mean to manage with little money). I want to live, not just survive, ere it's too late (note: I'm a pessimist too ). But that's just my opinion, I have been shaped over the years. And don't get me wrong: I'm no lazy bugger, I can work hard and responsibly when I have to (worked a lot in NZ and in Germany over the last four years), but to me it's just a waste of precious time.
But enough of that. I know most of you will tell me to calm down and finish that apprenticeship (2.5 more years though) or look for something else that I'd enjoy, but let me tell you that I can't. I just can't any longer.
My plan is to get a van and convert it to a mobile home (attaching a caravan to my 190 won't work). I would then like to travel to GB in late spring to to spend the first couple of months in the south of England, enjoying nature and focussing on landscape photography and writing while doing odd jobs every now and then (I'm willing to do almost anything, especially if part-time and I'd also love to work on farms for food and shelter). I know this sounds very fantasy-like but I really hope and believe that this should still be possible, even in 2017 with all the bureaucracy, the fear of the Brexit and all the other crêpe we're forced to deal with.
Now apart from asking you for your opinions and views on this, I'd also like to know about temp work in the UK in general and chances as a young German without proper 'qualifications'. Maybe some of you had to deal with temp work before yourselves or know about the current job market and how they treat aliens like me. I've been learning French and Spanish for a while now too and thought that I could maybe even find a job in tourism (Cornwall, Wales, Lake District, wherever else) at some point.
That shall be it for now.
Looking forward to your replies.
Thanks a lot,
Marvin