15 years of Iceland in my life
This month 15 years ago I moved to Iceland for the first time. Starry eyed and excited to discover this country full of volcanoes, horses, glaciers and adventure.
I left several times, for studies, to travel and live somewhere else (China and South-America) for a year, but coming back was always the path of least resistance when it was time to return to grown up life. Sometimes I had applied to several jobs in several countries, but Iceland was the one that replied, sometimes I was offered a job in Iceland before I had even started looking. Suddenly I noticed I had fully migrated to Iceland in a similar manner as normal people end up returning home after mucking about in the world for a bit.
My relationship with Iceland is complicated. It is the place I have considered home the past 15 years and the place were I have felt least save from all the places I have visited. It sometimes feel like living in a house and forever be treated like a temporary guest, even though you have lived there for years.
I had a small get together for my 15 years of Iceland and here were some ideas for names of the event:
I left several times, for studies, to travel and live somewhere else (China and South-America) for a year, but coming back was always the path of least resistance when it was time to return to grown up life. Sometimes I had applied to several jobs in several countries, but Iceland was the one that replied, sometimes I was offered a job in Iceland before I had even started looking. Suddenly I noticed I had fully migrated to Iceland in a similar manner as normal people end up returning home after mucking about in the world for a bit.
My relationship with Iceland is complicated. It is the place I have considered home the past 15 years and the place were I have felt least save from all the places I have visited. It sometimes feel like living in a house and forever be treated like a temporary guest, even though you have lived there for years.
I had a small get together for my 15 years of Iceland and here were some ideas for names of the event:
- "Christina has been 15 years in Iceland and really doesn't know how to feel about it but definitely needs a beer" party
- Christina's celebration of Stockholm syndrome
- Sunken cost fallacy feast
- Christina drinks to a multitude of bad life decisions
Comments:
Voting for the title Posted on 17 Nov 2016, 3:09 by Shannon (The Astromaid)It's a bit late, but I hope my vote will be counted (cue the bad USA election jokes).
I vote for "Christina's Celebration of Stockholm's Syndrome", which could easily turn into "Stockholm Extravaganza". Please keep this in mind if you do a re-do next month, or in five years (for the 20 year celebration).