Do you need to move to New Zealand to get a new life?
Filed under: Getting to New Zealand, Hubby's Views, Jobs & Work, Life in New Zealand
I was recently catching up on some podcasts I’ve had sitting on the iPod for months and not quite got round to listening to. One particularly interesting one from way back on the 2nd of May 2008 was from the BBC’s World Service Documentaries feed on iTunes. (anyone without iTunes can use the BBC World service website ), entitled Escape to New Zealand.
The interviewer was speaking with two couples from America & Germany both of whom sought a new life in New Zealand to escape from global warming and home country politics.
Once here, both couples felt closer to a more natural way of living, with a greater ability to live a happier way of life and change how they chose to live their lives. Personally, I’ve found that most Kiwi’s are more accepting of people living a different way of life, whatever that happens to be. When I’m working in Wellington, I leave the office at 4pm so I can catch the train home. Colleagues and customers are fine with this, no issues. If I’d done this while in the UK, I’d be on the receiving end of (not entirely joking) comments about being a part timer and only doing a half-day!
In terms of changing your life, the whole experience of upping sticks to the other side of the planet is quite daunting. The question is though:
Do we really have to move to another country to change our lives?
Often a big one off change is easier to achieve than a small change to daily habits, especially when others around us don’t want to see us change or improve.
So yeah, it’s interesting, what are we escaping from when we come to New Zealand? Are we just searching for a better way of life? Could we achieve the same thing (a more balanced way of life) by making changes to our lives where we are? Why are most of us afraid to work only the hours we are paid to back in our home country, and demand that we get to spend time with our families? Instead – we leave for a new life in a New Country.
Hubby.
Related posts:
- When is your New Life no longer your “New” life?
- Do Kiwis really have a better quality of life?
- Nearly everyone wants to move to New Zealand.
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