The short story of Why Did I land in Lisbon, Portugal
I have been working in Türkiye since 2008. I never want to disparage my country, but whether you call it female colleagues who dig your pit, bosses who state that they are feminists but do not stand by you when a situation arises, or managers who train you and then intimidated by you.... I finally made this decision in early 2022 by experiencing all these bitter realities of life in one country. Let me also state that if my last workplace reads here, I had no problem with it 😊
Here is my site that I sell some photos that I took for your home decoration : Viki Abroad
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| Lisbon tram |
I started looking for a job abroad with the moral support of a dear foreign friend living in Türkiye and my searching didn't take long. I was going to start everything from scratch, I landed to Lisbon for a job I had never done before, unrelated to my profession. I was chosen because maybe I had good customer relations and I was good with computers, maybe sometimes I thought I was really unqualified. As I progressed in the job trainings and subjects, I realized that none of them were easy, how difficult people were every day, and it was also tiring for you to be patient and calm people down.
But I loved my teammates, the person who is in charge. There was no one undermining me, in the opposite everyone was supporting each other. 1 year has passed and we are still like that. One should have peace of mind while working, if there is no peace of mind, but there is money, it leads to other annoying situations. I was fine, even though I knew that I would not climb the career ladder one by one, 16 months have passed and I was still in a good mood.
Yes, my first reason for leaving my country was my work life.
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| Me <3 |
The other one is that no matter how much I love my family, but still living with them became mentally exhausting after this age. In Istanbul, unfortunately, it was not possible to live in a house on my own with my salary. Now I'm looking for a new place for myself. Why? After 4 years I decided to leave company home even if I know that I will suffer with this salary, but I want to cut my ties. I am having a very good and some bad experiences. Of course, I am also learning to be patient, no one should know that everything they desire will not happen instantly 😊 Those who live with roommates understand what I mean.
And last but not least, earnings & salary . Türkiye's economy has really gone downhill in the corona times. I earn Euro now, even though I don't get a great salary, I traveled to 5 different cities in 1 year. If I were in Türkiye , you already pay unbelievable amounts when buying a plane ticket.
My only goal in this escape is really peace. I am looking for various side hustles for myself. This can be photography, I want to create a small portfolio actually 😊 I have an instagram page, but I need to design a special website for it, but first I think I need to be an expert on food and product photography era. As they say, you will either do what you love, or you will learn to love what you do.
Why Lisbon? Obviously, the warm people, beaches and ocean access so even during summer, if you don't have money to go vacation, the vacation is here!
I wanted to share a Turkish person's experience of living in Europe, Portugal for the first time in this blog, which is dedicated to me and I hope you will be interested in what I write. I think my future posts will be unrelated episodes that circulate under this topic. Not a day is the same as my day, week is the same as my week. Sometimes I can do the same things for months. Lisbon is so wild & crazy, sometimes I don't access social media at all. If you take me with you, we will see together 😊
That's all for today, remember to embrace yourself with love.
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