All You Need To Know When Planning a Move Abroad to New Zealand
Starting a new life abroad has become the dream of many families looking for a change of lifestyle, a better quality of life or simply a new challenge. The fact that you have picked up this book, means that you have either come to such a crossroads or even experienced a ‘What If…’ moment. There’s probably a part of you that wants to try this new adventure but there may also be a bigger part that is holding you back.
That part is FEAR.
Those very thoughts gripped my every moment when I first started planning to move abroad. Should I or Shouldn’t I? And then once you’ve made that decision, you will find that there is so much to decide upon, endless practical tasks to complete and as the move abroad draws closer; anxieties often begin to creep in. Doubt and fear about your decision to move abroad invade your every thought and in the weeks and even days before the move abroad you begin to wonder if this is right after all.
Do you or don’t you? After all the planning, you may still be faced with the dilemma; is moving abroad right for you and your family?
If you can identify with these feelings when thinking of moving abroad, then you will want to read this alternative to the usual guidebook. In ‘Moving Abroad - What You Need To Know Before You Go To New Zealand –Expat Dreams; Expat Reality’, I share with you our personal journey, the highs and lows, the good, the bad and the sometimes ugly truth from our moving abroad experience.
In the first section, ‘Before You Move Abroad – Expat Dreams’, I cover the practical ideas and tips when starting to make those first tentative decisions about moving abroad. I cover the expat dream of a different lifestyle; the rose tinted glasses which many don at the start of such an adventurous decision and the hoops that you will need to jump through to make that dream a reality.
In the second section, ‘The First Year Living Abroad – Expat Reality’, I share our personal experience of settling into a new life in New Zealand, a new culture and most of all, the quest to fit in during that crucial first year living abroad.
This book is about the expat dream of a different lifestyle. It is the book, I wish I had read before I made that adventurous journey and to have known that I was not alone in what I was feeling. It is about all the things I wished I knew before I moved abroad and the things a guidebook simply can’t (and won’t) tell you. I hope that by sharing our story, you will understand that every experience in your life helps you to grow into a stronger person no matter which way your journey works out for you. I write this book not to put you off moving abroad but to prepare you so that you achieve what you set out to do.
