When I was offered my first full-time job, it was a role in Australia, and it wasn’t due to start for another 10 months.
I saw this 10-month period as a unique moment I’d unlikely get again.
So I took my meagre savings and went travelling.
When I returned to New Zealand, I only had 2 weeks before moving to Australia. Weirdly, though, enough time had passed that my family and I had already settled into the idea that I’d “moved away.”
This got me thinking about how easy it is for some decisions to “just happen”. I didn’t explicitly plan on leaving New Zealand, life just unfolded that way.
Of course, I wouldn’t change anything, because I’m grateful for where I am today. But this reflection did serve as a reminder that even though some things are out of our control (e.g., global pandemic lockdowns 😉 ), we can still think carefully about all that is within our control.