Posts Tagged ‘job’

As you all know, since we moved to Los Angeles everything has been going pretty smooth. Especially job wise. I found a job 4 weeks after we arrived here, Flo two weeks later. Flo and I both came here with the goal to work in the Fashion industry. I already suceeded with this since I got hired by a big LA based Fashion company. Flo on the other hand took a job at an Online Marketing Agency.

After sending out countless applications over the last year, Flo finally got an offer from a very big and popular Skateboard and Fashion company in Irvine. I couldn’t be more thrilled for him and also be more amazed by how fast we both got great jobs at great companies in exactly the industry we always wanted to work in! I kinda feel like we totally earned it, because we both worked very hard and very long nights to get to where we are now. But it also just makes me very happy and shows me again how right it was to move here.

With the new job will also come another big step for us: We are going to move to Long Beach to be in the middle of both our companies locations. We always wanted to move closer to the beach, so this is very positive. Stay tuned for a very exciting time over the next few weeks filled with news about a new apartment, a second car we need to get and Flo starting his new job!

Yesterday I talked to one of my friends, with whom I hadn’t speaken in a while. She asked me about how we were doing and about my feelings regarding my new life in the US. Sure, we think about this a lot and talk about it, but it feels different to talk about it to someone other than Flo. It kind of makes it so much more real. And it makes you kind of proud of yourself.

I have to say that we had a real good plan before we moved here. And that we had thought everything through so well. But even if we had luck on our side and everything worked out amazing so far, this was and still is a huge challenge. Maybe even the biggest challenge of our lifes! Every day you have to get yourself together again, go out there and do things you never thought you have to do again. You have to find new friends, you have to start a new job, a whole new life – and you have to do all of this in a new language! You find yourself in situations that leave you so sad. Like not having the network of friends you had at home. Not having your family close to come to the rescue whenever you need them. And just to be yourself, be brave and live!

Even if it feels strange to say this about myself, I am so proud Flo and I did this. And I am even more proud on how well we did it! I am beyond happy that we took that challenge and that we didn’t give up.

Please be aware: This is a dream. This is an amazing journey I would recommend to everyone. But it is hard! It is crazy! And it sometimes feels like being a kid again that has to learn everything new. But it is worth it! Definetely!

Two months ago I was pretty scared about what I would be writing about now. The things I was most worried about were that neither of us might have a job by now, that we would be running out of money or that we would be homesick to death. Luckily everything worked out in a whole different direction. As always life takes it’s own path, but I didn’t expect it to be such a good one.

The best news I have to give you is that Flo found a job. I don’t want to talk about it in detail, because he will only start on Monday and I kind of believe in bad luck with talking about things too early, but this is such great news. And the best thing is that it came at the exact right moment. As I told you before we already found a flat, which we will be moving into today. And we finally bought a car this week. It is a ridiculously huge Ford Explorer, but I will tell you more about the car itself and about buying a car in generel later.

So back to the good news. We basically worked ourselves through our big list of things to do and hopefully soon will just begin to live. And with Flo having a job, too, I think live is really about to start! I am so amazed by how good this journey turned out to be so far! I think we really did come well prepared, but I still thought it would be a tougher journey. Right now all the hard work and all the preparations really begin to pay of. And I just love it! YAY!