On March 2019, I posted this on Instagram:
My next big dream is to live in nature, close to the sea and mountains while having a possibility to enjoy vibrant city life; arts, culture, and restaurants. After years of moving often and living in different countries, my soul yearns a place I could settle in and call home ✨💎💫 .
I remember clearly how I felt when writing this post; I was so inspired, excited of the unknown possibilities and vibing on the high energy.
Now, you might realize that when I wrote this post we had only been living in Hamburg, Germany for a year.
We had left New York as Joonas took a big, global corporate job in Europe. We also wanted to start a family so it felt good to come back to Europe and closer to our family in Finland.
We both love nature, all kinds of outdoor activities, hiking, and living by the sea.
Hamburg is a place where the sea is far away, there are no hills to hike and it rains 190 days per year.
While knowing that it could be a short gig for us, we were open to try it out.
I said it’ll be a good place to have a baby and that became quickly true.
Truthfully, it’s been hard for us to settle in.
It is not only about the place, and culture, but also Joonas’ job and for sure, having the baby changes things, relationships, needs and people. Life never is about one thing on the surface, it’s deeper.
We don’t love to move or relocated that often purposefully but sacrificing our happiness in any ways is not an option.
If one is not happy, one needs to make some changes.
Years ago I made big life changes and changed my career and life completely by making the leap.
I then learned, just because there were no other options, to let go of the fear of making the needed changes again. I know things can always be sorted out and we can affect on the outcome and make it good.
So we started wondering…
What if we COULD live in a place where we have the possibilities to ENJOY ourselves fully, expand our HAPPINESS and find a place that feels like HOME?
We worked with our desires and visions and made a simple list on a piece of paper. Just by thinking if we could really live the life of our dreams and how it would look and feel like?
We had no idea WHERE the place would be or HOW it would happen exactly and if it could even be POSSIBLE.
I just knew that it was going to happen as we had set some powerful intentions and desires.
I also knew that it was something we were not able to think of OR maybe a place that we didn’t know about yet, so it took some time.
Last October we went for a vacation in Mallorca, Spain.
When we sat Stella on the beach right after our arrival, she took a sigh of bliss and enjoyed herself fully.
We looked at each other. Joonas said we have to live somewhere by the sea.
During that trip, we started playing with the idea of moving there.
Based on what we knew we were able to tick all the things on our list.
I am free to work from anywhere as I do everything online. That kind of professional freedom was one of my big goals and dreams after I left corporate career, and started working for myself.
So, we went back in early December to drive around and to see some apartments…
Eventually, things moved forward fast.
We are moving to Mallorca next week.
At first for 6 months but if it feels good we’re aiming to stay. Maybe it is that we will live in two different places…
Joonas just left his job and takes some time off to think his next professional move.
Our apartment is close to the sea, there are mountains nearby where you can hike, cycle, climb and do all the things that we have missed so much. Palma is also close by and a beautiful vibrant city. This is all so exciting!
The path to this solution was not clear at all.
It was more like a fly’s journey that bumps from window to window until it finds the open door out to the sunlight!
To make any of our desires and dreams come true steps are never clear or straightforward, but the process - called life - is still so enjoyable and so interesting because the vision and the desires are there to lead the way.
I would love to know What is your big dream?
Without knowing what you want and direction, we float in life. So dare to connect within, dream and allow yourself to say those thing out loud! What is that what you truly desire?
Sending good vibes,
Jenni
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