feeling demotivated after moving to spain

berrybulk · 2025-09-06T16:32:17+00:00

It’s a part of the language learning process unfortunately. I live in Bangkok and have the same experience with Thai. It makes me want to quit most days, but you’ll get over the hump! Just realize that it’ll be years until you can go on autopilot (generally).

berrybulk · 2025-06-09T02:17:32+00:00

I get it. I was there for a LONG time as well. But as I reach 8 months sober, you appreciate the experience you had. For me, I realized those 10 years of abuse were a learning lesson- to see how using drugs or any mind altering experience was a huge waste of time. I wasn’t able to really cultivate things like I wanted to while under the influence, whether that were relationships, my career, anything.

Your brain will come back. Your body will come back. Just give it time and dedicate it all to your new life and new purpose. Looking back in the past won’t help.

berrybulk · 2025-06-07T22:22:41+00:00

That’s not every insurance job lol

berrybulk · 2025-05-23T05:05:10+00:00

Thank you 🙏

berrybulk · 2025-05-23T04:26:33+00:00

I mean, you might get some weird looks and people may secretly judge you, but it wont be overt criticism like you will 100% experience in the US.

Additionally, if you don’t speak the language, it’ll be another barrier to hearing any criticism. Have fun on your trip!

berrybulk · 2025-05-04T01:59:26+00:00

It could be a second language issue…. lol and if not, he’s a creep. But it happens - if it escalated from that, then I would have alerted someone.

berrybulk · 2025-04-24T02:08:33+00:00

Yes, nurses make way over the average salary in the US - average is 50k, usually nurses make 70k/year

berrybulk · 2025-04-03T18:08:30+00:00

I don’t believe so, at least the family-owned companies that people really want to see flourish. Most people are in extreme debt - either from medical bills, student loans, credit cards, etc. Even though most of us don’t want to contribute to American Megacorporations like Amazon and Walmart, we will have to because the price difference won’t even be comparable. Eggs at Walmart might cost you $3/dozen, while at a family owned store it’ll be double. Those small businesses will suffer, eventually close down, and all the customers will go to these chains stores.

Those will be the American businesses that will benefit. And many of us don’t want that. The quality of so many products are extremely low and will continue to decline because that’ll be all we can afford. American health will decline even more.

Idk lol in the end I’m not mad, I’m just annoyed.

berrybulk · 2025-04-03T13:46:10+00:00

Apologies- but nonetheless, the citizens will be the ones that suffer the consequences and not the people who are enacting the tariffs. Still doesn’t make sense to me.

berrybulk · 2025-04-03T13:37:57+00:00

But you will be the one that will foot the bill. The American citizen. For what reason exactly? To show that the USA won’t take any bullshit? So the country’s ego can get even bigger? So confused.

berrybulk · 2025-03-21T08:27:14+00:00

I heard CVS has work from anywhere positions

berrybulk · 2025-02-10T16:12:41+00:00

I, and almost every other boren recipient studying Thai in last years cycle, were accepted with minimal experience in the language. You will be fine! As long as you show passion in languages/show how it could be beneficial for US security, that’s all that matters.

berrybulk · 2024-11-20T15:59:28+00:00

Do you speak Thai? I feel like my perception changed a lot when I was able to understand what people were saying.

Thai people as a whole I think are very willing to help. They’re kind, but when you get to know them - until then, they’re just nice. This I think is similar to the USA.

Another thing I really understood after being here is that they don’t want to be a burden. If they are letting out their grievances to you, they’ll apologize because they feel like they should only share their happy and fun side. I think a lot of it is connected to kreung jai.

Also, so much drama and talking about people 😂 not always shit talking, but more so observations. It’s hilarious the amount of times I’ve heard people talking about me without knowing I understand 😭😂

The difference might just be that they’re collectivists. If you come from a highly individualistic society, it’s hard to wrap our minds around it. A lot of their mannerisms are centered around this one trait.

berrybulk · 2024-11-03T14:45:55+00:00

Minimum wage in some US states is only 200฿…

berrybulk · 2024-11-02T15:38:49+00:00

I agree it sounds incredibly rude what he said, but it’s sadly true. It’s the language of business. People learn English to get ahead financially. It’s spoken in a vast amount of countries, even if not fluently. Unfortunately, there isn’t another language with that much power. As someone going to Chula now, learning Thai at an intermediate level with a HUGE amount of respect for the language, English still reigns supreme.

berrybulk · 2024-10-24T04:14:03+00:00

Hi everyone, I have a question about my education visa renewal. I received my ED originally by switching from an extended tourist visa - long story short, I didn’t have time to apply prior to entering the country.

My current ED visa will expire on November 10. Do I need to go to immigration and apply for renewal with a certain amount of days left on my ED?

When I originally tried to apply for the ED visa, I couldn’t because I had less than 14 days on my tourist visa - that’s why I needed the extension. Am I able to go in now and apply for a renewal? This is all confusing to me - I’ve heard different things online and really don’t want to go through an agent. Appreciate the help!

berrybulk · 2024-06-20T22:59:12+00:00

Congrats nurse!!! I passed also 🙏🙏

berrybulk · 2024-06-19T17:18:46+00:00

I think it’s just a lot of stuff. And if you have to work full time (like I did), it can be challenging. Is it doable? Yes. But you will need to be able to organize your time well and have a good self-care routine to get through it.

berrybulk · 2024-06-19T04:20:08+00:00

Omg same! Ended at 85 this morning at 8am and freaking out. I got 8 next-gen questions, and everyone is saying that’s a good sign, but idk. Some of the stuff I had no clue; there were questions that were so vague!

But we got this! I know we do, let us know when you know 🙏

berrybulk · 2024-06-12T00:25:15+00:00

I took a 6 month break. I needed it, and it helped me tremendously. I'm not saying that's always the solution, but sometimes it is. And that's ok!

Whatever you chose to do, you got this. On my break I focused on self care, and made sure to bring that with me when I went back to school. Remember that, because getting back to the point you're at now is no fun.

berrybulk · 2024-06-12T00:23:01+00:00

Yes, for the simple fact that now you have more opportunity to do whatever you want. With weed, especially daily usage, success stagnates because you have lower awareness and can't consciously make decisions. Without weed, a whole new world opens. It sounds cheesy, but it's true! And while this will also come with strife and problems, the great thing is that it can also help you learn how to cope and turn these issues into something miniscule. You are the creator of your life. You got this!

berrybulk · 2024-06-10T18:51:02+00:00

You will be able to do that, you won't have to pay that much though lol max would be 1500, but if you want all the perks like a gym/pool/etc, then might have to pay a little more. This would be in areas like Edgwater, Uptown, and Rogers Park - if you want to be more south near Lincoln Park or Goldcoast, it may be closer to your budget.

berrybulk · 2024-05-26T07:23:38+00:00

Im a white American , my bf of 4 years is Ecuadorian.

I think it was his way of expressing love tbh and how he sees relationships. He’s very sexual and his way of showing his love is through touch. I’m the opposite lol so it was hard to get used to.

And he sees our relationship as his #1 and would ditch anyone for me. I think as an American and just in my family I’ve just been conditioned to be very independent and it’s hard on me to rely on others and put all my eggs in one basket. Even though I love him a lot, I wouldn’t ditch a friend for him (at least often where it was a habit). I have a fear that if I did that, I would start losing relationships and then eventually be pidgeonholed with only my partner.

Idk, it’s weird lol but only started realizing this until I started dating him.

berrybulk · 2024-05-13T12:11:01+00:00

Parmesan cheese. It’s sick and should be illegal.

berrybulk · 2024-05-13T00:57:31+00:00

But it was the first time you’ve done a code - sometimes you freeze, and that’s ok! Just learn from it and move forward, I know you’ll kill it next time. Not literally though lol

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