Topic: adb2014 's blog Why I'm Still in China

A good post with a positive outlook. Always welcome as China is so wrought with a pessimistic smog. My reasons are kind of similar to yours but I managed to break out of the ESL game and carve up something else. If you are ambitious and determined, I am certain you can do that same. So my last reason is mainly family. In a few years, I think I will be heading back home. I will have spent a decade in China and I do appreciate the time it has given me. The greatest gift China will give to everyone here is time (to use as you wish) and knowledge. You will find your pace of life slow down (nice change from the West) and this gives you a chance to discover yourself and what you want to do with your life. You aren't so busy surviving that you have more time to think about your future, save and develop your skills. Just use your time well as China will never allow us to be totally integrated (at least not for a great deal of time) and one day you will leave.