An odd new life

I wrote this roughly two months ago at the one month mark of my stay in England but didn’t find a chance to post it before.

Today it has been exactly one month since I moved to the UK, one month since I left the place that was my home for 18 years.

And damn, it’s been one hell of a month! I got to tick many things off my bucket list, I went to Sheffield, went to Drop Dead, had a Twisted burger, saw both of Oli’s parents, went to Leeds Fest all on my own, saw Die Antwoord, saw twenty one pilots, met Adam Elmakias, moved into my boss’ home office, started my first job, learned about squash, found a friend, met Matt Kean, smoked weed and overall found myself in an unexpected and weird but fantastic new situation.

In the process I learned a lot about myself. First and most importantly I am capable of so much more than I think. I am able to feel at home in the weirdest places; I felt at home in the hotel room in Sheffield, I felt at home in my tent, I feel at home in the home office. My stomach is unable to live off cup noodles and white wine. Phone calls aren’t impossible, but getting used to a British keyboard is. Small talk in English is not one of my strengths but I’m getting better. I can leave my comfort zone.

After one month, I still have no good answer why I decided to move to northern England, but I know that it is the right place for me. I feel like I belong here. This place combines my major interests and it just feels like home.

Maybe I am not working my dream job but I am gaining so much life experience and that is what I came here for. I notice many things that I still want to improve about myself but I feel like I’m in a position where I can achieve that. I can become a better version of myself. I can be more social, less lazy, more energetic, braver, stronger!

There are so many things to look forward to in the six months left to come and so many obstacles to overcome and I am excited to live life here with all ups and downs.

I have come so far in the past few years and I am so thankful that everything that happened led up to this point. It is hard to put into words how I feel about my life at the moment, but it certainly positive.

This is the biggest adventure of my life and the first month was a great start!

I realized that I haven’t been on here for ages, so I decided to give this blog a makeover and a new purpose. Back in the day I was “basicallyihavenolife” but then I did indeed get a life. Now I want to capture moments and emotions from my life on here and I hope some people will be interested in what I have to say.

My name is Veronika, I am 19 years old and recently moved from Germany to Engand where I’m working for an online squash-gear retailer (how that happened is a weird story for another day). My interests include, but aren’t limited to, gigs, bands, drag queens, bad tv shows, make-up and yoga.

I love twenty one pilots so much, I’d even buy their next album if it was just Tyler screaming for an hour with occasional trumpet solos by Josh