Reinhard Porr - The Expat Option--Living Abroad: A proven Guide to successful Living and Working Abroad--wherever you want to go...

The authors

Reinhard Porr was born in Germany in 1955. He left his native country at the age of 35 and lives in Spain now for more than 15 years. For him that`s already the second part of an expats life, that started successfully already in 1990. Working as a freelance journalist he resolutely managed to make his very individual dream come true living and working under the sun of Andalusia.

Markus Dillenburg was born in Germany in 1973 and graduated successfully as Bachelor of Communications. He is a freelance media consulter for more than 10 years now and a passionate traveller. Visiting different parts of the world he got more and more interested in the subject of emigration, so that an expat project is now likely to become a part of his life too.

4. Edition

1. Edition published 2014

The authors: Reinhard Porr and Markus Dillenburg

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Copyright 2014 by Reinhard Porr and Markus Dillenburg

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Published by BoD-Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany

ISBN: 9 783 7386854 35

Something is coming in slowly you can`t identify not yet because it has just begun......................................................

In slow motion a strange feeling is growing up deep inside you, getting stronger and stronger.......... Oops, what is happening with me? Why do I feel such an insidiously inner disquiet coming up? And why this hitherto unknown and growing distance of mine to all those familiar surroundings? There is my job, the family, my home, the neighbours.......... Anyway, so far everything seems to be all right, doesnt it? So once again, what is happening to me? Could this be the beginning of the much quoted midlife crisis? Perhaps yes.......... maybe no..........?

Looking for happiness and a good life many people give in to the temptation to expect change from outside. And then, far too often, most of them end up disappointed when finding their hopes to be dashed. However, if you want to belong to the people who are following above all their own ideas and gut feelings, than one day all of a sudden you will realize that it`s only up to you to look inside your heart and to find out all the answers you are looking for!

It`s about your dreams, your wishes and hopes which almost had been sacrificed to the seemingly inevitable rules of an everyday life. But only almost! Right now and just in time your inner voice has spoken up, giving a fresh and powerful impetus to your zest for life, which is seeded deep inside your soul. And suddenly you understand that from now on you are different! Now, don`t expect any sympathy or even encouragement from most of the people around you. It has just happened! This very moment you have started to question your hitherto life and suddenly you realize : From now on for you adaption in the very sense of an unquestioned conformity with all those general expectations of the society is dead and gone!

Congratulations! Standing out from the big crowd you have ceased to be normal as you already started to let go, following the inspirations of your heart. Your gut feeling is now being named. So far so good. But how about the courage to stand up and start changing life? Are you really prepared and willing to search for the living conditions that suit you and which would meet your expectations to enhance your personal quality of life?

On the one hand this book is a reality proven GUIDE to say good-bye to a long lasting dissatisfaction one almost got accustomed to. On the other hand and this seems to be the decisive practical value of the book The Expat Option leads you step by step on a way, that will enable you to change your whole life as you will no longer accept certain mental restrictions!

The following phrase by Perikles, a philisopher and statesman of the ancient Greek, will guide you :

The Secret of Happiness is Freedom. But the Secret of Freedom is Courage.

The Expat Option What we are talking about?

For quite a long time the Statue of Liberty on New Yorks Liberty Island served as the very symbol for the desire to start a new life. At any time emigrates were driven by their wishes, dreams and hopes and as different as their intentions might have been in the past they are as well as diverse in our present-day world. But there is one thing, however, that goes for all of them: They all are united in their strive for happiness and hope for a better future!

When it comes to find a reasonable alternative to ones hitherto way of life the idea of moving abroad still seems to be not yet generally accepted in society, because even until today emigration is sometimes totally misinterpreted as sort of quitting or failure. However, in real life the idea of living abroad has always been a very individual philosophy based upon an open-minded and forward-looking way of thinking. In other words : emigration has always been as well a real challange for definitly strong-willed people! Of course, this doesn`t go only for the past, when emigration from Europe was mainly America bound, but it goes even more for our present-day life, where expats would find their new destinations around the globe. They all look for happiness and personal success and they usually would see at first the chances and possibilities that living abroad could offer to them!

In our globalized world more then ever modern thinking also means that everybody should have the right to choose the surroundings that would provide all in all pleasant living conditions and possibilities for the future.

But as a matter of fact reality still too often reflects precisely the contrary! Chances to live in accordance with ones own ideas are normally not given in a society where you are told, that the best is yet to come once you will achieve the age of retirement. And if you reach retirement one day far out in the future you probably may ask yourself : How much time do I still have to enjoy life and under which circumstances? A creeping inflation jeopardizes your savings and visiting the doctor is likely to become your favorite occupation.......... Is it that what you would call the beginning of your private luck once you would have passed the mid-sixties?

If not.......... how about happiness, quality of life and the possibility to live your very individual lifestyle right NOW?

Looking for happiness is not a fashion but a fundamental need to any human being. So, what the hell is stopping us from being happy with our life? The demons are uncertainty, insecurity, doubts in ourselves and fear altogether gifts of the socalled moral values of the society. That`s the way most of us were brought up. And that awareness is not at all a new one.

What is really NEW with the beginning of the 21st century is, that as a matter of fact for the first time in human history we have come to realize, that only our own mental limits could prevent us from living our dreams! Therefore there is only one way not to blame oneself within 10 or 20 or even 30 years, if it comes to answer the question: Why didn`t I have the courage? Why didn`t I do it?

Now it`s up to YOU to summon up your courage and to make up your mind! And only once this will be done you must start walking too! But in what direction and which way? For sure you`ve got already a more or less detailed imagination of your wishes and dreams. To bring together step by step all the components of your new lifestyle, our book is approaching the idea of living abroad in a very distinquished way, which has nothing in common with any sort of foolish expat stories.

This professionally developed book gives you a detailed information about the way how to manage a cleverly organized and successfully implemented new start as an expatriate. In addition it tackles all those issues and questions, which are indispensable for planning a future life abroad.