1st Do volunteer work.
Before you become an excellent professional, become a good citizen.
During the week, do volunteer work once a week. Or…
While you are on holiday, volunteer on farms, enjoy the work, and travel around your country or the world.
Meet new people, go to different working and/or home environments, acquire new habits,
Acquire new accents, languages, personalities; come in contact with animals, nature; see people, see lives, see you.
Get inspired.
The possibility of doing volunteer work on farms is great for everyone, but it is essential for people who live in heavy, toxic and violent environments, or people who are too attached to their families.
Accepting this challenge in a foreign or in their own country could help them to rest, enjoy, reflect on life, and feel at peace. They should stay there two weeks or months.
When we feel at peace, we get inspired! Because we can hear our inner child. When we listen to our inner child, we know the next step to take.
Volunteer work also improves our character traits.
“Without charity there is no salvation”
There are websites on the internet asking for volunteers, especially on farms. I've volunteered on farms in my country and I've never paid. *However, I have done other kinds of voluntary work, for example with children, and I have paid for it. But on the farms it was always free.
When you do volunteer work, you may have to pay for it (pay for food, water and electricity).
If you are volunteering with children or animals, it is usual to pay for the volunteer project to help with food, water and electricity. However, there are many organisations that are abusive and ask for a lot of money from volunteers! Almost the salary of a European country. This is abusive. In this case, choose another organisation to volunteer with. *Don't pay to work.
2nd Work.
A person should contribute to the world and not live off income.
3rd Always save a tenth of what you earn, and never use.
Never use.
4th Never steal anything.
People tend to steal pens, notebooks, staplers from their workplace. If they work in a restaurant/pub, they steal cake or ice cream… No, don’t do that. Or they steal actual money, for example, some people who manage public money from countries embezzle what they can or are involved in corruption cases. Don’t do that. (If you don't feel comfortable handling public money, ask to be assigned a new job position. Don't steal, and think about what's best for you!)
5th Don’t get into debt.
If you don’t have money, don’t buy things.
If you're going to apply for credit, it should only be to buy your house.
7th Suggestions for what to do with your money:
· One part of your money should be spent on culture and in a hobby on order to improve yourself and to enjoy life. (For example: enrol in a university and join dance classes; or do a professional course and take piano lessons; or learn a new language and join painting classes; or become a teacher in your professional area and /or tutor students and join the football club). Of course, you do all this while you work.
Leisure and learning are essential.
8th Step outside of your comfort zone and try other jobs.
9th Emigrate - Do seasonal work!
Do seasonal work in a hotel or on a farm, a cruise ship, a factory or work as a flight attendant. Fruit-picking is one of these seasonal jobs.
Important to know:
Emigrant: Person who leaves their country to live in another country.
For example, I am a Portuguese emigrant.
Immigrant: Person who is living and working outside the country of origin (Portugal).
For example: I am an immigrant in Scotland.
There are countries where you can come into contact with a different culture from yours, for example, Japan, South Africa, Australia. Or you can go to areas we can describe as having a “peculiar nature”, for example, the Arctic Circle (here you can see the Aurora Borealis), Fjords in Norway or New Zealand, the Isle of Skye in Scotland...
For example, Norway has places where you can practical ski and snowboard or you can improve your English in Canada or in Ireland.
There are a lot of farms in Europe. The Netherlands, for example, has a prosperous floral industry.
You can easily find these jobs and they are usually accommodation provided jobs. If you are thinking of doing this, you should always get seasonal jobs that provide accommodation for their workers.
(You should search on the internet for “jobs with accommodation provided in...” and send an email to the manager of the company, or search on the internet:
I go to Google Maps and write, Hotels in the Polar Arctic Circle. And there, I'm gonna found many hotels. Then I select those that are in isolated places.
Hotels that are in isolated places will certainly have to offer accommodation to workers.
I look, or try, to find the best resorts, or even castles that are hotels.
Afterwards, I open the links of each isolated resort, look for the contacts and send the following message.
For example:
You should write to the manager of the hotel:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am looking for a job as a waitress in your hotel with accommodation provided.
My name is J'Silv, I am 27 years old and a European citizen.
As you can see from the enclosed CV, I am currently working as a housekeeper and waitress in a hotel in Lapland - Finland.
In the past I have worked as a waitress in Edinburgh and London and I was head housekeeper of a hotel in Scotland - Isle of Skye. I have also worked with nursery plants and flowers in the Netherlands, and volunteered in a children's institution in Thailand, Nepal and on farms in Portugal.
I think it will be a challenge, but I am sure I will enjoy working in your hotel.
I am available for an interview at your convenience and can start work in October 2023.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
My phone number: +000 555 666 777
My email address: ....@,,,.com
(If this is not the right contact to send this message to, please let me know. Thank you)
Yours faithfully,
J'Silv.
This part is very important!!! After you send the email describing your skills and availability, call the company on the phone. And say something like this:
“Good afternoon/morning… I’ve just sent an email to your company/farm/hotel... Do you have access to my email? I'm calling reception, right? “
Probably the company/farm/hotel worker will say: “Yes! I work at the reception of the hotel and I have just received your email. Are you looking for a job with accommodation provided? “
And you can answer: "Could you forward my email to the human resources manager of the hotel and to the head of reception of the hotel/ to the head housekeeper of the hotel/ to the head chef, please? Thanks. Have a good day! “
We have to go after our goals!
You can work in a Spa hotel and have access to yoga and fitness classes. You should take some time to take care of yourself, and go to a Sauna, a Pool, or a Turkish bath, and take care of your nails and skin so that you feel beautiful!
You can work on a cruise ship, and you get to travel the world.
You can work in a hotel or an amusement park, and enjoy what these places have to offer!
There are many options: receptionist, hotel manager, chef, waiter, bellboy, massagist, security, maintenance or housekeeping. Even as a nurse, there are cruises ships that ask for nurses/doctors, and personal trainers. If you don’t speak the language of the country, you can try to work as a housekeeper or as a kitchen porter. Apply for one of these jobs, learn a foreign language and save some money!
[Seasonal work or even volunteer work on farms is a great opportunity for everyone, but it is essential for people who live in unpleasant, toxic and violent environments, or people who are very close to their family, or who have attachment problems. Accepting this challenge in your or in another country could help you rest, enjoy and reflect on life, get inspiration, become more independent, and brave and strong].
Remember: When we emigrate, we often do it alone, so play it safe and be careful.
When you work in another country, take the opportunity to get to know the area, the museums, the gardens; go for a walk, go out to a pub, dance, have fun. And if you work in a hotel, you can ask your colleagues from reception what activities the hotel offers guests so that you can enjoy them too. Having fun is essential. If you don't have fun, you won't hold the job for a long time. You have to relax, and also go to the hotel spa.
Meet people with different backgrounds and mentalities from yours, and avoid creating disunity between colleagues.
Don't be racist or xenophobic with your colleagues or the locals!
(Remember that, when you emigrate, you are going to another country to learn, you are not going there to teach anything! No one will pay you to teach anything! You go there to enjoy, learn, socialise with the people from that country, save money, and be happy!
Shut up, listen to what people around you say, observe… how do they behave? How do they dress? How do they communicate with each other? Are they polite to each other or are they arrogant, and rude? When they communicate, do they look at each other in the eye or do they look at the floor? What does their language sound like? Is it harmonious or aggressive? What are their customs? Beliefs? Do they feel some connection with spirituality, or not? Do they practice any kind of cult? What about rights... What human rights are enforced in that country? Are they different from the ones in your country? What about duties? Where do they live? In big cities? In villages, along the coast of the country, or close to the sea? Do they have forests in the country? Are there rare animals? How is their relationship with animals? What do they eat? What music do they listen to? What art do they produce? What is their level of academic education? Are they “clean” people or people who do not value hygiene?
Do people in that country mean what they say? Or do they say one thing and do another? Do they follow schedules?
At what age is it common for people to leave their parents' house? At what age do they start forming a family? How do they treat their senior citizens? Do old people live with their children or do they live in institutions for senior citizens?
How many people live in a family house? How are the houses? Big or small? What materials are the houses made of? Do they like to sing and dance? Do they laugh out loud in the street? Do they express their emotions publicly? How do children live? Do they work, play and/or study? How are children treated? Do women have the same rights as men?
And what about the politics of the country? Are they capitalists or socialists? Is there a president or a king? Is it a dictatorial regime? In terms of physical activities, what can I do here that I've never done before in my life? (For example, mountain climbing, skiing, rowing, surfing, hiking, camping, or having yoga and meditation classes?)
Can I express my opinions publicly in this country or not? Do people vote for the president? Prime Minister?
When emigrating, try to answer these questions... Would it be good to connect in what is going on around you.
When you emigrate to do a seasonal work, remember: You are brave! You're in this new country to work, learn, and have fun.
If you immigrate and you don’t identify with the country’s culture, you don't want to learn from them and you feel unease with the local tradition and culture, don’t worry, just change country. We were born to evolve, not to be angry. Relax!
On the street: do not throw rubbish on the floor.
Do not shout or speak loudly publicly.
10th Parents
should take into consideration that it is more important to stay with your children than earn more money.
11th If you are an employer, never, under any circumstances, make a profit at your employees’ expense.
12th Do not discuss your salary with anyone.
13th Don’t bribe people.
14th Invest in your talent.
Don’t invest in a business you don’t have the expertise. The world wants your talent. Money comes from skill, never from any investment.
15th Stay as anonymous as you can.
If your work brings you any public exposure, be as reserved as possible.
16th Be polite to everyone,
from the security guard, receptionist, teacher, housekeeper, manager, owner, economist to the director. Greet everyone.
Look everyone in the eye and say ‘good morning’, regardless of their job position.
Help your colleagues.
17th Talk to God about your professional life,
or about your savings, or where you want to invest your money. Trust your money to God. Everyone has the right to prosperity. So, write HIM a letter about your work.
Then burn the letter and place the ashes in the street garden.
18th Be authentic.
Don't steal the others ideas. Don't imitate others.
