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leaving australia might be the biggest decision i will be taking.
bit of context, i am one of the hundreds of thousands of international students who came to australia from india to [ secure the future ].
surprisingly, i am one of the few who picked a course based on my own interest and not things like permanent citizenship.
believe me when i say this, 99% of people who come here dream of settling in australia. they would go to any extent to make that happen. i have seen this happen at least 6 times in my own immediate and extended family.
they all studied things they never wanted to study, but still did because it would make permanent residency easier.
fair goal, but that is not my goal.
honestly, i think i am very strong to refuse this dream. it gets 10x harder to walk a path not walked by your family before, especially when you live in such an environment.
it is very hard to get over this and make your own decisions. it is hard to go against the norm.
but i do not see the point in being in my late 20s or early 30s with a house that is on a bank loan, even though on paper it is a million dollar house, and a car that costs $150k, which again is only on paper.
i do not want to wake up every day and work 80% of the month just to repay these things. i mean i do not even invest in gold anymore.
there is a reason for that.
most students i see end up doing whatever it takes to get citizenship. someone would completely change their original plan and start doing a trade course. someone would try to find a spouse here. someone would try to find a cheat code.
i understand that side of things, but i still refuse to do these things.
do not get me wrong here. i was warned by my family and visa agents that i would have a hard time getting permanent residency if i picked computer science, because australia does not really care about that. they mostly care about medical and trade.
i still chose what my heart said, not what my brain said.
today i am proud to say i work in my own industry, and i have no regret whatsoever.
my visa ends in may 2028, which means i have about 23 months left.
either i can try my very best to trick the system and focus on getting citizenship, or i can try to level up in life and move around the earth.
i choose the later life.
i refuse to play games simply to get permanent residency in australia.
so my plan is simple.
in these 23 months, keep my full-time job secure. it is not bad at all. i like it.
then build things on the side and work towards my financial goal.
for me, i guess $200k in pure savings before i leave the country would be a good amount.
it is not just about the money though.
it is more about what that $200k allows me to do.
not sure if my next stop is dubai, thailand, uk, us, canada or back home - suburbs of punjab, india.
not sure at all.
pure uncertainty.
p.s in 4 years of my student life and grad life i have never properly hanged out with anyone, mostly focoused on my studies, getting a job and saving enough to repay the family loan we had aboyt $50k, i am finally at a point where any money i save is mine at this age of 24.
its so hard to make friends as well for me here and honestly i intentionally have walked away from so many people simply because their goals are so diff and all people here care about is citizenship.
thanks for reading this far, i couldn't hold this in me.
also i use alias for my name [ x47 ] because i don't want my name to be on google for twitter because no one i know is on twitter, lol, they don't even have the iq to be active on twitter.
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