Life update 3 ->big move ahead
Hello there! A bit more time has passed again since I posted my last Life update here on my blog. A bunch of things happened since then and I think generally things are moving in the right direction even if there is still much to do before the whole situation of moving places in the midst of everyday life and my existing job.
When I posted last I didn’t yet quit my old job because I didn’t have confirmation from the new one yet. However by now I have quit. Although I still don’t have the final contract for the new job on my desk physically and so technically there could still be the scenario that it doesn’t come to fruition quitting my old job did give me some peace of mind. Now everyone at my old job knows Ill quit and I don’t have to act secretly in front of my bosses just in case Ill decide to not quit. Now it has been decided and things are in motion and I can be open about everything with them which is quite nice because my bosses are actually nice people and I don’t like keeping secrets.
Another thing that has happened by now is that I am somewhat further along with organising the moving process in itself. Here in Germany this involves getting permits for the Truck, permits to block the pavement in front of your old and in front of your new place to load and unload the truck and in my case there is also some bureaucracy involved in changing your professional registration when moving from one state to another one. This involves lengthy correspondence and many forms, things which I despise both. But now that I’m mostly through with that I’m starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel.
One thing that I didn’t really know how it would work or wouldn’t is my temporary long distance relationship with my girlfriend. She moved away earlier because her job in the new city already started. Now we see each other around every two weeks, because we both have weekend shifts every so often. Being in a long distance relationship is really weird. When you didn’t see each other for some time and then each time only briefly it is not as I expected that we would fall into each others arms every time we see each other immediately because we missed each other so much. Actually the first evening is kind of lacklustre, everyone is tired from work and the train voyage and the mood is almost just cordial. Luckily this changes over the afternoon/evening, but then its just Sunday morning with some nice breakfast and off we are again because the train ride takes ages and there is work tomorrow. In conclusion this isn’t really sustainable as you cannot really call it a relationship, more like a reminder that you were in a relationship like two months ago and this relationship will hopefully resume in the near future in one to two months. But as things move forward I’m starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel.
Right now I’m sitting in my old flat between some boxes and am trying to decide what Ill actually keep here after the big moving event. After we move the main bulk of our stuff into our new place, Ill actually live here with minimal leftover furniture so I can leave the place easily on the day my old job terminates. I think this will be quite fun. The process of deciding what to keep in itself is actually quite fun. Its the Mari Kondo method both maximalized, because I am quite radical with my decisions of what to keep, and at the same time its less radical because I actually don’t throw away most of the stuff, but just move it to the new place ahead of myself and there time I have to live minimalistic is finite. So basically its a fun experiment on how little I can exist with.
I did this once already when I was doing a mandatory internship as a student and it worked quite well, so now Im ready to push my minimalism to the absolute extreme. Basically all Im going to have to keep myself alive and entertained will have to fit into a small car when moving out. Ill not come back for a second haul. Ill keep you posted once the big chunk of my stuff has been moved and provide a list of the Stuff that will have to be the whole of my possessions for like 2 Months.
Happy sailing CptnM