各位，我現在人在澳洲布里斯本。

在做這個決定，到實際執行的這段時間，很多人會問我

從我自己的角度思考，我一直覺得這樣的思考方式哪裡怪怪的。我仔細拆解之後，是因為這種思考方式做了兩個假設：

1. 完全沒有考慮，體制以外的任何賺錢方式
2. 認為賺錢是人生的目的

體制外的生存方式

我說的體制內、外，代表的是什麼意思呢？

體制內跟體制外最大的差別，我認為在於所需能力的「本質程度」。

體制內的道路，比的通常就是你多聽話，多會照著規則去玩。，但是同時你也會發現，體制內很多人在比的東西，通常都不是「本質能力」。

例如，可以洞察需求，寫出好用，解決真實問題的軟體，就是本質的能力，是可以廣泛應用的能力。

而很會在面試表現，讓面試官有好的印象，就屬於為了迎合系統需要的能力。 取得一個好的學歷，也是一個為了迎合系統的能力。

你會發現，走體制內的道路，你勢必得花很多時間在打造這些迎合系統的能力上，而不能全神貫注在追求本質的能力上。而這些迎合系統的能力，往往只要系統一變動，規則一改變，就會失去效用。

當你走體制外的道路，自己承擔所有的風險時，你只要能夠對他人「產生價值」，就能夠生存，並且得到一定的收入。「市場」會直接檢驗你的能力，沒有中間層的緩衝，但也沒有體制的規則限制你。

當然，這不代表在體制外你可以不知道怎麼行銷自己，一直埋頭苦幹。其實在體制外，你所需要掌握的能力常常是更多的，也要承受更大的風險：你也必須直接面對市場，迎合市場的標準。但好處是，你不需要為了體制內系統的「別人訂的標準」，而受到很多沒有意義的限制。

就算是直接面對市場的體制外道路，你也必須要會洞察市場，正確行銷自己的價值，不能埋頭苦幹。但我認為當你在體制外學會行銷自己的能力，這是一個非常泛用的能力，它也可以用來行銷任何東西。而體制內系統要求的很多能力，往往不是transferable，可以廣泛應用在其他技能上面的。

那麼，這跟我決定去澳洲，有什麼關聯呢？

連結回澳洲

當你走體制內的道路，搬出國時你想的第一件事情，通常會是怎麼拿簽證、長久找穩定工作的方法。畢竟工作和收入都跟簽證掛勾在一起。然而，你會發現這條體制內的道路，雖然規則明確，但你的命運往往是掌握在別人手中的。一旦遇到變故，像是丟了工作，或是政府改變規定等等，你就必須從頭開始，過去所有一切努力，都可能化為烏有。你為了符合規定累積的東西，很多並不在自己身上，也帶不走，因為規則是「別人訂出來的」。

當我選擇體制外的道路時，遊戲規則是「市場訂出來的」，也可以說就是「市場機制」，沒有任何一個人能隨意更動規則。你為了玩好這場遊戲，所習得的生存能力，往往也是能夠轉化，應用到各種情境上的。例如：自媒體、寫程式、語言能力、數學能力。

也因此，面對人生各種選擇時，觀點也會產生180度的轉變。因為能力是在自己身上，並不會受到地點限制，所以自然也不需要太過煩惱，能不能長遠待在一個國家工作這個問題。對我來說，台灣除了戰亂的風險，是一個滿適合居住的國家，也能夠讓我維持低消費水平的狀態順利使用網路工作。因此，如何取得其他國家簽證、找到長期穩定的工作，對我來說就不會是一個需要優先考慮的問題。

當選擇了不走體制內的道路，長期來看你只要做兩件事情。

1. 提高自己的能力
2. 讓這些價值被市場看見

因此，在思考如何花費我人生中有限的時間時，我會率先思考的會是：

我發現，我去澳洲時，還是能夠持續做這兩件事情，甚至，澳洲是比台灣還好的環境，例如能夠每天生活中使用英語（事實上，我到澳洲後，每天對話的過程都感覺在進步，學到新的用法），也能學習各種不同國家的人的世界觀，在一個陌生的國家，落地生根地生存能力，以及過程中提高的認知及省思，那麼和樂而不為呢？

當使用這個角度去思考，就會覺得，到國外居住，就算不能夠取得永久的簽證，只要能夠得到這段經歷，也已經是很划算的決定了。

第二點：人生的意義

說完了體制外的思維，我想再來聊聊，很多人在問我出國的計畫是什麼時，不會質疑的假設，就是「人生的意義就是為了工作」。他們似乎假設了，比起體驗、獲取經驗本身，一定要存在外在的目的。

然而，人生的本質是什麼？是工作嗎？還是為了賺錢？

錢，只不過是優化人生這個體驗過程的一種手段，一種工具。但，當你能夠滿足基本生存需求後，最終還是要回歸到「體驗」上。

既然如此，人生不過就是寫下一本專屬於自己的故事書的過程。 人生就像一個遊戲。

在玩寶可夢時，我不會想待在真心鎮

在人生這場遊戲，我也不會想沒有親眼看過世界的樣子，就錯把自己從井底看到的景象，當成全世界。

雖然我現在沒有強烈想要移民的想法，也沒有不喜歡台灣。但我想要探索未知的世界。 不管我是在這邊待1年，還是2年 都是確確實實的再我的人生故事中，寫下了幾頁。

自從我在台灣開始全職做自媒體，我每天花時間學習自己有興趣的東西，做自己認為有價值的內容，當作我的工作。我常常會想，

那麼，賺更多的錢，跟一般人定義的「穩定的工作」這件事，還值得我犧牲多少的時間去追求呢？

的確，我有考量過，去澳洲這件事，整體對於我的自媒體、事業發展是會有幫助的，外在目的的確存在。

但是，其實現在我的生活形態已經接近理想，就算我達到財富自由，生活的樣貌已經不會跟現在差太多了。對我來說，財富跟外在目的已經不是「終點」了。

很多人財富自由之後，反而變得更加痛苦，生活失去方向 也有些人，退休後繼續過著平淡的生活，跑去當uber司機 你一直追逐的東西，真的是你想要的嗎？ 人生沒有極樂狀態，也沒有值得幻想的目標 人生是一個故事書，是一個旅程。沒有極樂，也沒有終點。

結尾

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English Version

Guys, I'm currently in Brisbane Australia.

Between the time I made the decision and the time took action, many people have asked

From my point of view, I've always found this school of thought a bit off but couldn't put my finger on it. I gave it some thought and found 2 hidden assumptions behind this way of thinking.

1. that the only way to make a living is by working for a company or someone and that there is no other choice than working within the established system
2. that making money is the end goal of living your life

Surviving Outside the System

Now, what do I mean by "within the system" and "outside the system"?

The most profound difference I think, is in the fundamental skills they require.

To succeed within the system, you need to be obedient play by the rules. But oftentimes these things are at odds with things what really helps the business.

I'd like to use an analogy here. The ability to spot a need and make a good application to solve that problem is what really works. This is also an ability that transfer well to other scenarios.

In contrast to that, being able to perform well and make a good impression in an interview, is an ability that caters to the system. A good diploma is also something the system prefers.

As you can see from the examples I laid out. To succeed within the system, developing abilities that cater to the system is inevitable. That takes away time from developing fundamental abilities. And whenever someone decides to change the system or a rule, these abilities go out of date.

By contrast, when you build your own path outside the system and shoulder all the risks, as long as you can bring value to people, you will be able to put food on the table, and make decent money. The market always give you the most honest feedback about your competence and decisions. There is no buffer in between. But there is no arbitrary rules holding you back either.

Don't get me wrong. This does not mean you can do whatever you want without knowing how to market yourself. A lot of the time, you actually need to acquire more skills working outside the system. You are also exposed to more risk. You are up against the market and you have to cater to it. The good thing about this is that no one else has a say about your decisions and competence, because the market always gives you the most honest answer.

So yeah. Even if you are working outside the system, you still have to cater to the market and demonstrate your value. Working hard and hoping for the best is not going to work. But what I like about this is that, once you learn how to market your value, this is a very transferable skill. You can use it to sell anything, whereas abilities that caters to within the system are often not transferable, and therefore difficult to generalize to other playing fields.

That's a lot of talk about within and outside the system. But what does that have to do with my decision to move to Australia?

Connection to Australia

When following a within-the-system mindset, the first thing you consider when moving abroad, is how to get a long term visa, and a stable job. After all, your ability to make money is completely tied to those things. As secure as that sounds, you fate is often in the hands of someone else, or "the system". Say you lose your job or the government changes a rule about immigration. BOOM! Everything gone, you must start over and nobody will give a damn about you complain and how much work you put into what you've built. Everything you've done to cater to the system does not really belong to you, and you can't carry any of it with you as the rules are made not by you, but by someone else.

In contrast, when you choose a path outside the system, the rules are enacted by market forces. No one can change the rules singlehandedly. The survival skills you gained to survive in this game are mostly generalizable and can be applied to varying scenarios. Such as content creation, programming, language abilities, and mathematics.

As such, when facing life choices, your perspective does a complete 180 from system-based thinking. You abilities always remains yours, meaning you are not completely restricted by locations and regulations, so naturally, you would not worry about how to stay at a country long term. At least in in regards for me, if we ignore the risk of potential war, Taiwan is a pretty good place to live and allows me to get my job done via the internet.(it's cheap by the way). For this reason, getting a permanent visa or finding a good stable job, wouldn't be the first thing I worry about.

There are only 2 things you need to do on the "outside the system" path.

1. keep enhance your ability
2. make sure what you are doing and your abilities are seen.

Hence in thinking how to spend the limited amount of time I have in life, the first thing I think about is always:

Following this line of thinking, I found out that Australia is a better place to live for this next segment of my life. It allows me to use English every single day, understand perspectives of people from around the world and train the ability to start from scratch in a completely foreign country.

Talking everything I've said into account, it becomes evident that this experience on its own is already worthwhile, with or without the potential to get a permanent visa.

The Meaning of Life

Having talked about paths outside the system, I want to address the other assumption people make when they ask about my plan and reasoning behind the decision. and that is that every endeavor undertaken must be for some kind of an external outcome.

But when you really think about it, what is the meaning of life? Is it work? Is it to make money?

Money is nothing more than a means to optimize the process of experiencing life. It's a tool. Once you've satisfied all your basic survival needs, you inevitably go back to "having experiences."

If that's the case, life is but a process of writing a story. It's basically a game.

When playing pokemon, I wouldn't want to stay in Pallet Town

In the game life, I wouldn't want to mistake what happens to appear before my eyes as the whole world before seeing it for myself.

I am not particularly keen to immigrate, nor do I not like Taiwan. But I want to expire the world. Doesn't matter if I say here for 1 year, or 2 years. That's going be adventure and stories written on pages of my story of life.

Ever since I started doing content full time, I learn an array of things that interest me, make content that I deem valuable as my job. I often think,

So how much time is it really worth sacrificing to pursue more money or what other's consider a steady job?

Now, I did consider, that moving to australia overally was going to be a net positive and not negatvie to my content as well as my career. So it does align with the long term goal and has and external benefit.

However, as my lifestyle is already very close to idea, even if I get to a state of financial freedom, my life won't look much different from how it does now. So for me financial freedom is not the end goal anymore.

Some lose their purpose after achieving financial freedom. Some live an unassuming way of life once retired. Is what you are chasing after really what you want? There is no end state of true hapiness. There is no goal worth dreaming about all day. Life is a story book. it is a journey. No ultimate joy, no terminal station. Enjoy the process.

Conclusion

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