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Happier Than a Billionaire: Quitting My Job, Moving to Costa Rica, is that an option for me too?

By Ivo Henfling for the Easy Times

Our affiliate realtors partner in Dominical, John Wieland, who by the way sells some really beautiful homes there, sent me an article from CNN that was published on the 11th of August about a book published by Nadine Hays Pisani: Happier Than a Billionaire: Quitting My Job, Moving to Costa Rica & Living the Zero Hour Work Week."

Wow, what an adventure

I thought, wow, these people had exactly the same reasons I had to move to Costa Rica 30 years ago. The world hasnt changed much apparently, at least not the reasons for getting fed up with your job and make the step. I havent read Nadines book, but I hope she sells lots of copies. Nadine and her husband Rob also have a blog where they say things that show what Costa Rica is all about and that doesnt only mean a 6 hour wait at the doctors.

Do something different

Some people can do the same job their whole life long, day in day out. Others get fed up with the monotonous lifestyle and want to do something different. I did the same thing myself. When the opportunity was there, I looked around me and at the people around me and said to myself I dont want to be in their place in 30 years.

I took the same step as Nadine and Rob did, when in Costa Rica almost nobody spoke any English and when the bus from Santa Ana took 2 hours to get to San Jose. Santa Ana was in the middle of nowhere. The road has been long and exciting, fun and an adventure.

An incredible trip in life

Those first few years are incredible, especially if you dont speak Spanish and you dont need much to live on. Until reality hits you: you gotta make a living. So now you have a choice. You can go native and learn how to eat rice and beans, live like a middle class Tico or you are more ambitious and you work your butt off and live like an upper class Tico. Or you can be lazy, dont do anything all day but surf the waves, eat peanut butter sandwiches and watch the sun go down from your hammock while you drink margaritas or piña coladas.

Should moving to Costa Rica be in my plans?

Moving to Costa Rica for sure hasnt always been easy. But its always been fun and lots of adventure. There are good and bad things everywhere. My life has been enriched incredibly by coming here. I learned Spanish and became fluent in it, though I already spoke English I also became fluent in that language, I met not hundreds but thousands of interesting people, I learned there are more different cultures than you can imagine, I have had like 5 different businesses, I enjoy a more beautiful country than my own, with lots of sunshine (and plenty of rain), I dont need to clean my driveway from snow and I dont have to worry about cutting enough wood to keep my fireplace going through the winter.

I can go on and on like this for at least 2 pages long. That is because I think I made a great choice 31 years ago. Others have done the same and went back, because they couldnt adjust (or didn't want to), they didnt learn the language or started missing the grand kids.

You make your own paradise. It takes some guts, yes it does. I invite you to make the step. Move to Costa Rica, its a great step. It was for me, I still feel like a billionaire.

By Ivo Henfling, your Costa Rica realtor who sells Costa Rica real estate with lots of experience to help you relocate to a happy happy place, contact me now.

I can show you property anywhere in the Central Valley or if you are looking to buy a beach property in beautiful places like Dominical, I can refer you to the best realtors in town.