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I took a 30% pay cut to move to Spain. I made budgeting mistakes when adjusting to my new salary, but it was worth it.

I took a 30% pay cut to move to Spain. I made budgeting mistakes when adjusting to my new salary, but it was worth it.

Business Insider· 2h ago· 1 min read

<figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/6a638f0d548c9c486b31040c?format=jpeg" height="3213" width="4284" alt="Damien Monel in Spain"><figcaption>Damien Monel says he made trade-offs to live the life he wanted.<p class="copyright">Damien Monel</p></figcaption></figure><ul class="summary-list"><li>Damien Monel took a 30% pay cut at his Amazon job to transfer from Cork to Madrid.</li><li>He started spending half his paycheck on rent and made some budgeting mistakes, but has no regrets.</li><li>Monel has more than doubled his salary since moving to Madrid and says following his gut was the key.</li></ul><p><em>This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Damien Monel, a 28-year-old recruiter based in Madrid. It's been edited for length and clarity.</em></p><p>I moved from my home country, France, to Ireland at 19 for a technical support role at Apple, only to <a target="" class=""…

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