A change introduced itself

Whether we want to or not, a change may just happen. It may creep in secretly or it may come on full force. Read here, how a most likely change may appear and what to expect.

Are you ready for a change?

Locating to a new country is never easy. Even more, if it is the country, which language you do not speak or find extremely difficult. I am not going to write about the paperwork and filling in the forms. Also getting notifications on things that I have no idea about. This is pure madness! I rather would love to write shortly about the change. It all started when we were finally so lucky to land a place of our own. A change introduced itself!

A completely empty apartment, except a kitchen corner, can make the figurative juices flow like a river. Now it is the time to start painting that empty canvas with the most beautiful colours and creative ideas. It offered us a chance to jump into the unknown and realize that living without a fridge is definitely a doable thing!

This is exactly how I felt – so many possibilities, so many great ideas, so many things for us to learn. I felt a surge of inspiration flowing into me. I was walking around our empty space and was thinking that now it is the time to do it our way. A better way, a safer way. But how do I set up all that? What do I need in my new home? How to get all of it in the cheapest way there is? Also how to do all of this in the right way. Well, sometimes the emptiness is the answer, sometimes you need a little help from your friends, read: internet and friends.

A change would do you good!

In the beginning, it was just me with my thoughts. I was trying to figure out what would work and whatnot. I started putting these things into practice and some of those ideas worked. Some I had to alternate a bit and for some, I needed to do a thorough internet search and ask my friends for help.

If you are not locating to a new country or getting a new apartment, then perhaps reading these lines, wherever you are may help you start any kind of change. As one of my favorite singers Sheryl Crow sings in her song Change Would Do You Good: ” A change would do you good, I think a change would do you good“.

Let the adventure begin!

…A note from Eve: 

I am the kind of person that craves change, but I have trouble getting my head around it. It makes me feel anxious when things change, even if it’s for the better.

Moving to a new country, especially when you have already got work takes away one of the biggest stressors of relocating, money. Still, life found another way to create another big stressor- housing. Working while being homeless is very difficult. I am an introvert, and I need time to gather my thoughts, emotions through reflection at the end of the day, especially when I am in a brand new work environment in a foreign country.

Imagine having a 49 plus hour week, and staying with 5 different people, going to work from 5 different locations and going home from work to 5 different places. It doesn’t help me at all when I know that I am on top of it all, also directionally challenged.

The change was welcomed, in fact, it came rushing in all at once. Newly married, new country, new job, new people, homeless. When change is called, it comes rushing in, in all directions. Change is important to our nature, life always moving because of its all energy. When energy is confined and unmoving, it becomes stagnant. It creates a blockage.

I believe I can speak for both of us when I say that the impact of the changes have been more than we could ever imagine. Its made us more resilient, creative, and more purposeful than ever before.