Careful What You Wish For — You Might Just Get It
How I accidentally became what I thought about.
In 2000, my dad went to Australia which awakened in me a sense of exotism and wonder.
“One day, I’ll go to Australia too”, I thought.
As I was looking for something to do with my life in May 2013, my childhood dream suddenly came back from the depths of my subconscious.
I landed in Perth on the 16th of September 2013.
One year earlier, I had visited Rotterdam during a family vacation.
I had never seen a skyscraper, so I can’t tell you how impressed I was with the modern architecture of the Dutch city.
I remember walking around thinking, “it’d be pretty great to live here”.
Three years later, I started university in Rotterdam.
During my studies, we were given the opportunity to do an internship. At the time, I was interested in European politics and checked if it was possible to do the Blue Book traineeship at the European Commission.
