Back where it all began
I am in a three days meeting session held in a conference center just outside Oslo which is a special place for me:
Early 2007, just after I announced my resignation from my previous job, I was asked to participate in a team preparing a big proposal. The team was located in Norway and the job was indeed huge, which meant that we needed to sit together on a week-on week-off basis.
The first meeting took place in the same conference center that I am in now.
My historical achievements and approach in that process were apparently seen by the Norwegian management who then started talking with me whether or not I would be interested in moving to Norway and join the company there.
My initial reaction was; ‘we can talk, but knowing the company as well as I do (I worked there for almost 10 years already) and having an ambition to do something else, it will probably lead to nowhere’. Well, we talked a bit more (and a bit more) and then I received an offer for a very challenging, newly created, position. I decided to go for it and move my life to Norway, starting mid June 2007…the rest, as they say, is history. And, I have no regrets…am still loving it here everyday!
Ahoj,
can you believe I think more and more about moving to Norway too?
I am so dissapointed with situation in Slovakia last months (rather years) since we have corrupted and incompetent goverment here…
I adore your decission to move to other country and I wish you many success there.
I hope I will find anough courage to do it as well…one day.
However, there is a small music festival today. I am looking forward to meet some nice people and listen to “pohoda” music. There are fortunately still some islands of open minded people here.
Have a lovely weekend.
Veronika
I’m so glad it worked out for you. Lovely how life pulls things together for us:)