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I have to admit, that very rarely but still it happens that I am scared. Scared of the future – which is probably the most human thing ever. But I think I am even more scared, because it is a future in a foreign country. Don’t get me wrong, I never regreted our decision to move here. But sometimes it still is a little bit scary.

Being so far away from everything and everyone you grew up with and also being so far away from everything just being normal. Even after a year in the US, nearly every day is a little journey on it’s own. Every day you learn something new – even if it’s only a new word. But it is still a lot to take in! I actually sometimes enjoy this type of “scare”! It is a being scared that wakes you up and reminds you that you fulfiled a huge dream and that you were brave enough to try something new! But other times i have those very brief moments were it is a scary type of being scared!

Moving to a new country is hard! It’s exciting, amazing and totally worth the rollercoaster of emotions – but still is scary! Never forget that my future fellow Aliens! But also never forget that you only have one life to live. One life to live your dreams! And being a little scared is a very low price to pay for how amazing this feels!

This week I thought a lot about what made moving here really worth it. I had one of those weeks where you just feel sad and probably homesick and everytime I feel this I always try to remind myself of what is really good about our new life. And this week I realized that our job situation alone made the move the US totally worth it!

We both already achieved so much over here and made so much things happen that we never even dreamed of back in Germany. It’s kind of weird, because the whole job thing was actually what I was scared of the most. And what everyone told us will be the hardest barrier to take. But for us (at least till now) it worked out so well jobwise. And that alone is a reason I would take this big step again and again and again!

The one thing I got to love about the US so much is that when you work for the right company you can work your way up pretty fast! And we both luckily are in positions and companies where we can take full advantage of that! And in that sense: We gotta go to bed now, get some rest and than face another week packed with a lot of work!

Lately I have been homesick a lot. Not homesick, because I miss Germany. But homesick, because I miss my family and friends a lot. Sometimes it just hits you that it sucks sooooo much to live far away from your family and friends. No matter how mch you love your new home, those days will still hit you in the face and just make you wanna cry.

I was always super afraid of those days and for sure they don’t feel good at all. But I still am happy that I have those days. Not that I like being miserable, but it still reminds you how good home was. How lovely and gorgeous the people you left behing are. And how you always have a second home to go to. People always tell you that it feels bad to be torn between two places you call home. But sometimes I more feel like this is an amazing thing! There are surely people on this planet that don’t honestly can call one place home. I on the other hand am so lucky to call two places my home.

I probably will be over this phase soon. Especially, because my parents will be coming into town in the next weeks. But I will always cherish these tough reminders and memories that make you feel like you abondoned a part of yourself. A part that you will always be able to go back to! A second home you will never stop feeling homesick for!