The Next Chapter - Melbourne

Well as many of you know by now I have decided to move to Melbourne in May. I'm one of those people that 'follows signs in life' and it's funny how one thing happens and starts a new thought process which is followed by a few more things happening supporting that new thought process (if that makes sense!) I just realised that my blog is now two years old. My first few posts are about leaving my previous job, the big 2-5 and preparing to head overseas and two years later I find myself in a similar scenario all over again, moving overseas, leaving family, having to find a new job, house etc I never seem to do just one thing at a time! But I figure that if I can move to London where I knew less than 5 people and land a job within a month then I can move to Melbourne where I have close friends and a bit more security waiting for me. I'm definitely at a point where I am wondering what to do next. Where do I want my career to go? What do I really want to do? I have a homeware and fashion background behind me now, where do you go from there? A lot of people go through life not really knowing what they want to do where as I have the opposite problem - I want to do too many things. I have the usual nerves and 'what if' questions floating through my head but I have worked hard to achieve everything that I have and am working on a website so I will be able to freelance and gain more variety in my work. I figure if I am prepared for my move as much as I can be then the rest will follow as it is meant to.

In the weekend my Uncle asked me what I would do if I won the lotto. Apart from the usual financial securities I said I would love to open a bakeshop. I have always loved baking and find it not only relaxing but a way to create as well. So now my latest idea is to start a blog around sweet creations and also sell at a stall with my bestie Ash who has already agreed to come on board - she is a lawyer who is also at a 'where do I go from here' point in her life. So while we figure it out, we shall bake!

Along with all this change, I feel it is also time to say farewell to my big OE blog especially as I won't be doing as much travel from the land of Aus. I did think of creating a new one as I will be exploring Australia and also heading to South East Asia at the end of the year but as time goes on I feel myself becoming more private and I want to focus my blogging and future endeavours on my work projects rather than my personal life.

I am so grateful for this blog and I want to thank everyone that has followed me on my journey - I have had the best two years of my life. I may even download my blog and design a book of my big OE (there we go again, something else to work on!)

I hope you have all enjoyed my journey and maybe it has inspired you to do some more travel of your own or take a leap of faith and start something new that you have always dreamed of doing. There is no such thing as luck and as Lucius Annaeus Seneca famously quoted: “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

So work hard, stop wishing and start doing! Thanks again and take care xx