It’s been a little quiet around Relocationjunkie.com recently, and that’s because I have some exciting news to share. This trusty Guiri (foreigner) just started a new job! It’s been quite an adjustment after 15 months of doing my own thing. However, it’s definitely been an interesting experience too. Getting to this point was not entirely smooth sailing though. It actually wasn’t at all a given that I would find a job here in Barcelona. In fact, to be completely transparent: I very nearly ended up leaving for Vienna 2 months back! Amazingly though, one week before my final moving decision deadline, I got hired for a job that I had…

You know, I’ve had a lot of different dreams for my career in my lifetime. A lot of different dreams, I tell you. There was the time I was 7 and wanted to be a veterinarian. Then I found out I can’t see blood, so that plan never panned out. At 12 years old I wanted to be a stock broker on Wall Street. I then found out a majority of them retire with severe stress and mental disorders by 30, so I shelved that idea too. When I turned 15, I thought I would become a computer games programmer. You know those awesome people who work to code and…

When I decided to go on my career break, at the end of last year, I told myself I would write a book. I’ve been writing stories since I was a young girl. I’ve been writing poems ever since I can remember. I write post upon post on Facebook too, and I’ve had blogs since around 2012. That being said I was not prepared for what it would take to write a book. Motivation I’ve been on my break now for around 2.5 months and in that time I have written two chapters. Two chapters, I might add, that are not complete chapters. They are the beginnings of what could…