How to deal with stress when moving to Ireland

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Priscilla wrote:

Moving abroad is no easy feat. Everyone has their own ways of dealing with stress, so we invite you to share some insights regarding this topic.

What are the main factors that contribute to stress when moving to Ireland (cultural adaptation, moving with family, administrative and bureaucratic issues, language differences, etc.)?

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Priscilla wrote:

What activities would you recommend to help deal with this type of stress?

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Priscilla wrote:

What are some techniques that have helped you deal with stress?

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Priscilla wrote:

Is there a way to avoid being stressed out or anxious when moving to Ireland?

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Priscilla wrote:

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Priscilla

My deepest apologies Priscillia but that was too tempting and there is no harm for a touch of humor every  now and then on the forum after all he he

More seriously, as you wisely mentioned it already, everybody deals with stress in their own way as some individuals have their own personal tricks and tips to deal with it and it will obviously depend a lot of their motivation and reasons why they're looking to move to Ireland as the more critical the reasons are and the more likely they would tend to be prone to stress.

Obvious example: Someone just looking to join back their partner living over there already would be less stress than someone who is coming on his own with no search and preparations done prior to his moves or someone coming over with barely what he managed to save and want to succeed as coming back home would rhyme with ending homeless, depressed, whatsoever. Long story short, individuals background, motivations but also mindset.

The most helpful things to do are to elaborate a plan prior to come here, stick to it no matter what (assuming you already ask or review your plan with someone and you got validation that it is realistic or a well built one with no serious flaws), do not get distract at first. Once you're done with PPS and finding job then bloody treat yourself for a while, go out, expand your social circle. That may start from work but it could also very start outside as well, Ireland contains a lots of friendly and easy going people, locals themselves are pro for this matter but you may notice as some stage some reserve eventually (drinking buddy is super easy but trying to make a longterm friend is a complete other story). Nontheless, that should not make you stressed at all, be consistent and patient, like pretty much everything, it will always pays off eventually sooner or later

Administratives issues ? Honestly that depends from where you're from at the first place. Personnally I do think administratives services in Ireland are quite nicely organized, however if you're talking about the administratives services such as the consulate or ambassade of your original country based here, yeah it will be as bad as it is from your native home I'm afraid, but well this is no longer a surprise for you after all isn't it ?

Moving with family ? Hell yeah depending the situation that can be quite stressful, if none of you or partner have a big potential first to come over here for an hot job or no contact over here to help you out a bit for the first steps or if you did not save enough for initiating the move in case it may take longer than expected to handle all the onboarding process from A to Z once there.

But the universal solution is PLAN, PLAN, PLAN.

- Budget wisely. Calculate cost of living, a time range large enough to cover the best as much as the worst scenario (job can be found sometimes quickly within a week but sometimes you find it and the hiring process make take a months or 2 so you have to be prepare to handle the costs until you start and get the first incomes).

- If finding job in your sector is easy or not, which area to focus or if you should consider a change in your career path (reasonably do-able as lack of experience will involve a drop of salary expectation).

- What seasons are more prone for the jobs in questions (example: avoid final quarter for big company as they tend to slow down the hiring during that time as they wait their next financial plans and decisions first).

- Really do seriously your research prior to do anything stupid like coming like kamikaze. (that works when you have tons of experience and you smell from afar that you're happy in your shoes by all time but let's be honest here, excepted myself and few friends I dont know many who managed to do that successfully lol).

- Do not forget that despite all the help and assistance you may manage to get; at the end it's still you who have the cards in your hands so don't mess up and make it 'waste' (I hope that did not stress you out that one ha ha !).

Don't worry, be happy. If you do things right, no reason to stress and if it's pointless or weak stress, have a bloody damn pint like recommended initially

Best of luck  to all !

Kind regards,

Portgas D. Ace
(R.)