An immigrant quit a successful career in Russia and fulfills an old dream in the USA

An immigrant from Russia in her blog “Happy in America” on Yandex.Zen told how she gave up a successful career at home and moved to the United States to do what her soul desires.

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Next - from the first person.

In Russia, I worked for almost eight years in a large educational center. She started as a simple administrator - communicated with students, enrolled in groups, accepted payments, organized the work of the entire center. A year later she already headed the entire department. In fact, she created it practically from scratch - she developed instructions, scripts, was an HR, a trainer, and a coach, resolved conflicts, organized all kinds of processes.

At the same time, I did all this without experience or appropriate education - I learned along the way, read books, and used the trial and error method to the fullest.

As a result, I created a wonderful team and took the organization to a new level. And plus, I loved what I did. And she did what she loved. For me this is the most important indicator and achievement.

But everything is changing. So at some point I felt cramped and wanted a change. After a couple of years of tossing (I continued to work in the same organization) and my persistent desire, fate gave my husband a green card, and we moved to the USA.

Leaving was not easy. Work was not work, but life and family. But at the same time, it was irresistibly drawn on.

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In the new place, with my husband’s blessing, I first rested. Despite the fact that I loved my job, I encountered severe burnout there (but did not immediately understand it) - there were a lot of difficulties, duties and responsibilities. Therefore, during the first months I set up my home, got acquainted with the new country and tried to understand what I wanted to do.

It was difficult, and I went the opposite way - I asked myself what I definitely didn’t want to do. It turned out that I didn’t want to build a career, achieve, or be responsible for something. I wanted something light, simple, and stress-free.

So, I started walking dogs. This is very common in the US. There is a special application. You can’t just get in - you need to go through various checks. I must say that the pay is quite good - a half-hour walk costs about $20, and the minimum rate for an hour of work in our state is $13. And if the owners leave and leave you their dog, then the cost is even higher.

This was a great option for me - I love to walk and really missed my dog, who was then still waiting in Russia to move to the states.

I had three dogs in total. I just walked with one, looked after the second while the owners were away (thanks to this I visited a real American home), and the third dog lived with us for a week.

Then I thought that I needed to find something more stable and interesting. And I remembered my dream - I had long wanted to learn how to make coffee. That's how I became a barista.

At first I worked in one expensive establishment - the salary was more than good, but the coffee was, to put it mildly, not very good, and there was absolutely nothing to do during the day. In addition, it was impossible to sit, talk, or use the telephone. I only lasted three weeks.

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A month later, they wrote to me from the place where I originally wanted to work. They responded to me four months after my first letter. I passed the interview and training (this place is very good - as is the coffee, which, to my surprise, is rare for Boston) and began working at the Tatte coffee chain. It was a great time - I learned to draw a rosette, swans and snowmen and drank delicious coffee. I liked communicating with people, I liked the process itself.

I just didn't like the salary. Maybe due to the fact that it was a new place or an unpopular area, there were very few people, respectively, and the tip was very meager. And on them, in such works, everything rests.

I worked there for 4 months, in March I went to Russia. And when I returned, there was COVID-19 and quarantine.

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