29/04/2025
Well, it’s safe to say we’ve been on *quite* the journey… 😅
When I stepped off the plane in Perth, Australia with my partner, pushing the buggy with our cranky 1 year old, lugging three suitcases with everything we brought to set up our new life…
…I felt a sense of relief, some excitement, but also fear too.
Because ultimately:
👶 I was still a mum to a 1 year old.
💻 I was still a business owner that needed to make it ‘work’ in a totally new country on the other side of the world
I was also thousands of miles away from everything familiar (approx. 6,000!) and my family back in the UK were still asleep 💤
What had we DONE??? ⬇️
We had emigrated to Australia from the UK after being *finally* granted our visa 6 months earlier. But the journey had started for us since 2018 and been a looong one (yay for pandemic delays and immigration law changes!)
Now, as new parents (not how we had envisioned the move originally!) we had left everything and everyone we knew behind, in search of a better life for our family.
And there wasn’t a roadmap for that 🗺️
But what was there? TONS of packing, life admin, organisation, travelling and bucketloads of anticipation for the move…
Not to mention, no job waiting for my partner! Or anywhere to live, for that matter 😅
It was certainly a time filled with uncertainty and a rollercoaster of emotions 🎢
That’s why I’ve decided to open up and share a bit more about this chapter…
And hopefully I can help you navigate big life changes just like this one - in the process of telling this story, whilst being honest about the feelings that came along with it and the realisations as we’ve since moved back to the UK.
Have you ever emigrated? How did you feel during the process? Let me know ✨