Option A: Relocating to Southern Europe (Portugal)
The Income: A low-skill remote role (Content Analysis) with night shifts (PST hours), paying ~1100 EUR. I also have some passive income to supplement this.
The Lifestyle: Living in a studio or small apartmentin in smallish Portuguese town. For around 800 EUR.
The Perspective: The move isn't about a specific career goal or a passport; it’s about the higher life standards, safety, and the stable social environment of Western Europe.
The Trade-off: I would be far from my aging parents. I would be working an unskilled job that doesn't build professional equity, potentially living in studio at 36, which might be isolating during night shifts.
Option B: Staying in my Home Country (Ankara, Turkey)
The Job & Security: A Finance/Accounting role for a SME. I own my apartment here, so I have no housing costs.
The Professional Play: Pursuing a CPA-equivalent certification. This is a 3-year commitment of internships and exams, leading to legal signing authority and the ability to open my own practice later on with adaquate experience and networks.
The Context: Turkey is facing economic instability, high inflation, and politically unsettling.
The Trade-off: While I would be near my parents and building a protected professional title, I would be staying in a high-stress, unpredictable environment.
The Financial Weight:
I have already spent roughly 10k EUR on the relocation process for Option A (visas, consultants, etc.).
The Dilemma:
One path offers a prestigious, recession-proof career in a struggling, unstable country. The other offers a simple, comfortable life with 'okay' standards in a stable country, but with no professional growth.
At 36, is it wiser to invest 3 years in a professional license to root myself, or to take the jump for a better quality of life even if the work is menial?
What would you do?
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