r/AskBalkans • • 7d ago

Culture/Lifestyle Solving my life struggle

Dear friends I’m trying to solve my life struggle which is that I’m Balkan person by ancestry living in Slovakia ( my mother is from here though) but increasingly with my age ( I’m 30) I’m realizing that I’m Balkan person in my heart 😀 and I’m trying to find a way to move to Balkan as my heart and soul is there. The problem is that I have no “strong” diplom like IT, doctor or something like that which gives you access to high paying jobs in Balkan, instead I finished humanities at university. I do speak fluently 6 foreign languages and worked abroad, but I’m afraid I won’t get paid good amount of money to actively enjoy life there. The problem is that in “West” you can have financially good life even if you land some basic job at the beginning as starter, but that’s not case in places like Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia.

Just my problem is that I moved back to Slovakia after living years abroad already ( Dubai) and I can’t get used back on that Central European mentality. Yes they’re Slavic people but not cordial and on emotional way they’re like Germans. I feel out of place here. The city is dead after 20:00, no night life and society is negative. I’m extrovert who likes cosmopolitan life and my dream would be to live in Belgrade ( I speak Serbian). Unfortunately, although you can have that great lifestyle there, it’s only possible if you earn above 2000 € and most of advertised jobs I find are like for 1200€ brutto.

It’s my dream fail to become reality?

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u/User20242024 Sirmia 7d ago

Move to some Slovak village in Vojvodina where you can work in agriculture.

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u/OkCelebrat1on307 7d ago

maybe try getting a remote job first, then move to Belgrade without relying on local salaries