With one of my top core values being freedom, today was a big day!
Not only did this beautiful black book arrive in the post for me, but news landed that there is a plan for MIQ-free travel from 2022…. Meaning that when arriving in to New Zealand we will no longer have to do the two weeks isolation malarkey….
Back in 2012 I shared with people that I was going travelling for a while, New Zealand was my first stop, and then I would be going to Vietnam and then I wanted to spend some time on South America. I was often told that I was courageous, an inspiration.
To me, it just felt right.
Yes the gremlins came with me as I have written about before, but there was the free spirit part of me whispering and telling me that it was my time.
I hadn’t done it up to that point for a number of reasons; but a late gap year seemed to be on the cards for me…
I never dreamt what it would turn in to, and I certainly never had the hope or plan of becoming a citizen. One of the biggest feelings I had when my citizenship application was accepted was around the feeling of completion.
The feeling of starting something and seeing it through. I went from holiday visa to work visa to partnership visa to resident, to permanent resident to citizen.
So many things in the past I have sabotaged, or just let fade away…. Not this.
This was something that I wanted for me. Something that felt aligned, something that brought with it options. For me freedom isn’t all about travel, albeit a big part of it. Freedom is about options and when I don’t feel I have options, things can go wonky for me.
Is freedom an important value for you?
