Good Afternoon,
This might be better for r/lifeadvice but frankly, I feel a closer kinship with you lot. I’ve recently moved from the US to Scandinavia to be with my girlfriend and I’ve been struggling to find anything to get a side hustle going. I briefly held tours for the town I live in, as it’s a significant cruise ship port, but with the transition to winter and the crappy weather this has all but dried up. My primary job was working as a waiter in a restaurant, as I don’t have the language experience to land any “decent” office job and I’m not much of a tradesman. My girlfriend who works in education makes enough to support us, but I feel humiliated by my inability to pull my weight, the gutting of hours I’ve had at my job, the inability to find another even at a warehouse or something, the intense darkness provided by the winter, and I’m beginning to regret moving here all together.
It’s been impossible to land remote jobs in the US due to a lack of experience. I had one brief freelancing job on upwork a couple months ago that paid about $1500 which was great, but I haven’t been able to find another. I can’t seem to get anything going and I feel like I’m shutting down.
All the side hustles I would do in America from mowing lawns, to dumpster diving, to even just reselling random stuff I find has been harder here than anywhere else.
I just honestly don’t know what to do.
I’m almost tempted to just go for broke and throw the last of my money into drop shipping or copywriting or something, or move back to the US.
I’m very very open to suggestions, and I’m curious what you guys would do in a similar situation.
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Teach English. Here in Germany English native speakers are very much sought after. Make sure that you don’t do it as a freelancer though. Ideally you get a job for the state.
Are you American? Go to the American Chamber of Commerce events in your city. They may even have a Thanksgiving event. There, you’ll meet business owners who are American, and are more willing to give a “foreigner” (American) a chance. Many Scandi businesses have their operating language as English anyway, since they get workers from all over Scandinavia and it’s the only common language.