Do I move?

E4 Reddit (hantavirus search) · 2026-05-14 · United States

My big plan was to go do a master's abroad this summer and eventually just stay in that country after studies. It had been over a year that I was unemployed here, and it felt like the best way to escape, learn, and just get a breather from the US. Earlier this year, I walked into a geopolitical company for an internship. Because of my previous experience, I got a job as the executive assistant/office manager. Not what I wanted, but a job is a job. I hate it, I've learned nothing I wanted to, and I've been stuck just being micromanaged at an adult daycare. Looking like there's no chance they'll suddenly let me transition into being an intern at the Brussels office with no experience (since they didn't give me any!!). They actually just cut my hours drastically today, too. Going to have to make it up with my second job at a cafe. Now, this would be the perfect excuse to just eat it and leave. But of course, the political and economic state of the world just had to be the worst it could be for my plans. Now confronting a world with little to no fuel, with no gas for transportation, no gas for delivering affordable food to stores nearby, no gas for getting medical supplies or staff to hospitals and offices, etc. And who knows what this version of hantavirus becomes in the next few months. I would be facing it all in a new country where I will likely be last to get any resources/help. But DAMN, I want to leave so bad. I want to pretend everything is stable enough. I want to establish myself with more connections and a different network before my passport becomes a restricted laughing stock elsewhere. I want to operate as normal and have the regular student-immigrant-study abroad problems. Do I still enroll in school and make the move? I voiced my concerns to my landlord and he has been helpful and flexible in coming up with [housing] solutions depending on if I stay or leave. New renovation, same rent, and essentially free to break my lease if I find a roommate to replace my current one and give a 90-day notice. But he's looking for an answer by next week. TL;DR I want to go abroad for school to escape the US, but I don't know if I should right now with the political and economic state of the world. submitted by /u/Poptropicanita to r/makemychoice [link] [comments]

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