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RE: Colorchallenge Friday - Blue Skies With Yellow Beer 🍺
Actually, no luck involved, just the huge process of instigating and making a change in my life. I was unwell, and it was forced upon me - i should have done it sooner! As you can imagine, it's not easy, especially at the start. I blogged last month (no up-vote needed!) about change here, if you are interested.
https://steemit.com/life/@abh12345/change-is-inevitable-are-you-coming-along-for-the-ride
Have a good day too!
I just read your post and it is very inspiring. I almost feel like I am having a mid life crisis and I just turned thirty. The reason why I have this feeling is because life is flying by and it seems like all plans are based on taking care of the future as opposed to plans to enjoy the present. We can live more in a week then a year if we do it right. I think you are gutsy, and from my experience fortune favors the bold ! (Fortune is directly associated with money, but for me it's another word for happiness)
Thanks, it was a brave move - I have family and friends in the UK, and arrived here with no-one. You've done it once already though right? If you have some savings, quit your job and take a break on the beach, decide a few things.
I have to admit my future isn't planned, but I've always disliked solid plans (unless they are for the current day) so i'm happier this way. In a few months i think i'll head to Nepal to do some volunteer work, maybe that will give me some clues as to my reason for being here?!
You are a man on a mission ! I have always been of the persuasion that the further away from home we go the closer we get to who we really are. Unconsciously we have always been defined not only by who we are but also by whom we are with. When you take that away you are stripped off a lot of security and that's when you learn to build your completely own persona. I went to university here in China alone and I was the only foreigner in the whole class. One blond haired Sweed in a classroom filled with Chinese. Best experience and adventure of my life !
That makes sense to me, and this too..
Sounds like you are well aware of what would need to change, if anything, and have the 'man on a mission' potential if you decide to do so!
Haha who knows maybe we will meet in Nepal ;)
Dan! I'm abh12345's girlfriend. He just told me about you so I looked you up. I lived in Hangzhou for 6 months (and had to leave the country... long story) last year. Small world. What do you do there? How long have you been away from home? I totally relate to how you feel... been an expat, living away from what people call "home" for more than a decade. Are you there mainly to save up (that's the main reason I went)? Do you often go to Shanghai? Its so closeby...
Hi there ! Sorry to hear about your short experience here :( I moved to China 15 years ago when I was 16. I moved here because my dad started working in Shanghai. I got tired of the big city life after some years and that's when I retreated to Hangzhou. I still go to Shanghai sometimes, it's nice for visiting, but for living I don't like it so much ! Right now I am running a trading company which i helped a Swedish Company to open. I am planning to head back home to Sweden in the beginning of the next year, because by now I have spent half of my life here and I want to go back hehhe
So you are fluent in Swedish, English, and Mandarin I suppose. You must have millions of crazy stories to tell... that's a looooong time in China! Moving back to Sweden after so many years has got to be a strange feeling. At least you'll get to breathe fresher air and refill your lungs :) Lovely to meet you Dan!