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Winning a Greencard kind of feels like giving birth to a child. Like baby, the Greencard goes everywhere with you, doesn’t leave you time to be alone for a single evening and always needs to be cared for. Winners or future winners should be aware of that! Once you own a Greencard, you will own it for the rest of your life! If you don’t get an abortion within the winner progress or give up your Greencard in it’s first years, you will live your life with and for the Greencard!

Here are some things you should mind when living with the Greencard:

1. Never leave the Greencard unattended!
I don’t actually mean that you should always have the Greencard with you, but always reserve it a little place in your mind. From now on there are so many things that can only be decided with the Greencard in mind! For example “should I apply for a new job before moving?” or “should I buy something expensive before moving?”!

2. Always be prepared for questions!
You definitely should be aware that at every public event you attend, at every party where you meet new people or at every dinner with someone you haven’t seen for a long time people will ask you about how that whole Greencard thing works! Flo and I actually developed some kind of strategy for these moments. We both know our parts of it by heart and so everytime someone asks us about it we seem to be so confident and sure about it that people are impressed!

3. Say hello to nightmares!
Yes, nightmares and panic attacks will be part of your life from now on! Be prepared for dreams of you losing the Greencard, being stuck in the US with no life and no money or simply everything going wrong. Also those panic attacks leaving you puzzled if you are doing the right thing or if you just are the dumbest person in the world are NORMAL!

4. Do not be unapologetic!
This is your dream and no matter if people understand it, are envious or adjudge you – you are the only person who knows what’s right and what’s wrong for you!

You will need some time to learn how to stick up to the challenge of being a Greencard holder! But with every second that passes by, I love that feeling a little more! And I am so happy for you to be able to experience this feeling, too!