How my words helped me build a new life in New Zealand
Traveller, your dreams are waiting
After months of backpacking adventures, preparing for job interviews was like speaking a forgotten language. But after finding my voice in Australia, New Zealand was now calling me to put it into action.
A large sign greeted me as I stepped off the plane and into Auckland airport:
Traveller, your dreams are waiting.
I smiled at this line from The Lord of the Rings movie, filmed here in New Zealand. It was like the words were written for me.
In the gift shop, I bought a notebook featuring an expanse of blue sky on its cover. The book was filled with beautiful photography of New Zealand’s wilderness - mountains piercing the clouds, lakes mirroring the skies. The blank pages invited me to write - my words, my story.
Now I felt like the main character in my own life - and I was ready to step into this new chapter.
