12 September, 2024
On Monday of this week (the 9th) I moved from the Netherlands to Germany. It's not a huge move, only about 4 hours away, but it feels like a big change in my life. I was actually pretty comfortable in the Netherlands, and overall it seems like a pretty great country to live in. I'm sure that Germany will grow on me as well, but it will take time.
To be honest, my biggest complaint about moving is just the inconvenience of having to change countries. Migrating from one nation to another comes with a lot of bureaucracy, paperwork, and headaches. And even though my butt is currently sitting in Germany, I'm still probably only about 1/3rd of the way through that process of changing places. Let's hope that I make it the rest of the way soon.
I kind of wish that I had some sort of philosophical moral to share, or some reason to make this post, but maybe it's just a cry for help, haha. This would be a much easier process if I were an EU citizen, but I'm not. I could have been, but I didn't get that particular pile of paperwork done in time. So now here I am, starting all over again.
I really have very little love for my country of origin at the moment. Maybe things will change at some point in the future. For now though, I really hope that I can keep sticking around in Europe where things make a very slight amount more sense.
I guess... I guess that's all I have to say. I'm tired.