How My Life Has Changed Since I Moved From America to Australia
2024 ж. 19 Сәу.
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I've lived in Australia on a working holiday visa for 8 months now, and I almost don't recognize who I was before I left the United States. This is my journey as a mid-20s woman who moved from New York City to chase my career goals to Sydney Australia to live out my dream of traveling full-time.
“I’m in a place where stability looks like what I want it to look like” no better way to describe how I feel about Australia
A lot of New York City residents should learn from this.
Its nice to see a tourist like yourself adopt the "Australian" mindset or way of life. Good on you.
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I'm glad your big leap of faith in coming to Australia has turned out to be positive and given you a better perspective on your direction in life
Thank you ❤
Good onya Marissa. Welcome to Oz! We Aussies really don’t know how lucky we are.
If you are a migrant, as I am, it does not take time for one to learn that we live in "the lucky country". I would not trade Oz for any other country in the world.
Yes but it’s under threat.
@@Charlie-wr6dy Yes, most likely from the bloody Chinese.
As an Aussie I naturally thought I would hear you rave about Australia but it was really nice to see you pay respect and look upon the past in a reflective positive manner. Your mindset will manifest happiness in your life. I hope you enjoy living here. Enjoy
Love the authenticity of this piece. It isn't about which is better place but how a life is lived, and you are living yours consciously👍
Hi Marrisa! I too emigrated to Australia in 1972. I have worked in London, Hamburg, Sydney, Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong, Manilla, Port Moresby and Brisbane where I currently live. I count myself blessed that I live in such a wonderful country which I only came to by chance. Remember this always! YOU WORK TO LIVE! YOU DO NOT LIVE TO WORK! Have a wonderful life and make every moment count!
So glad you got to experience this
Well said 👍
Absolutely loved this video. You poured your heart out and gave such a genuine insight into your hopes and dreams past and present. I really do hope that you find everything your looking for in Australia 🇦🇺. All the best for your future happiness
Thank you so much!
Best wishes, Marissa. I hope you stay in Australia forever😊
Welcome to Australia, glad you have an amazing life and lifestyle...
Welcome to Australia. I'm pleased you are having a positive experience and I hope it continues to give you pleasure. All the best for your future.
Welcome to Australia. I hope your life is full of enjoyment and adventure.
So glad you found a life here Marissa. Your prospective of how good life is here is not lost on me as I wake up every morning thankful that I live in this place of beauty and freedom. Sometimes the grass is greener…. You just have to go looking for it. ❤
I found this video to be absorbing and written by someone quite eloquent. You are brave to expose your insecurities, fears and disappointments to the world. I am an old OZ male but my son lives in the USA. We often swap notes and find that there a pros and cons in both countries.
Thank you for sharing! So interesting you are able to compare notes with each other
So many people just keep digging in to keep up with expectations that can have serious results for mental health. That you picked Australia to get yourself out of your stressful lifestyle seems to have been a stroke of luck, or was it. No explanation why you picked Australia. Having the sun beat down on you for mainly 12 months is a blessing but also the laid back nature of Aussies would certainly help. Added to a high level of wages, health care among other items of livability, you have seemingly hit the jackpot for yourself. Good story.
Australians are the opposite of laid back, and Sydney is the the most high stress environment imaginable.
I love living in Sydney. I am 45 minutes away from the city centre and am completely surrounded by bushland.
@@earthwormjim3269lmao are you trolling? I actually can’t tell if Australia is the opposite of laid back then idk what the northern half of South Korea would be then. Australia has changed and become more stressful just like the rest of the western world sure, but we are still quite laid back compared to most, even the anzacs bro how many military’s are you going to see in world war 2 cruising around with shorts on having a laugh and strolling through a warzone like a tradie on lunch break.
@@Jackmonkey66666hghinnv Well if it's any consolation, I can't tell if you're trolling either. I mean telling me about what a bunch of aussie soldiers did in WW2? Newsflash, it's not the 1940s anymore and Australia today is nothing like what it was back then. People are laid back in small country towns, not in Sydney. Australians in the major cities are generally the total opposite of laid back. It's a very high stress, aggressive culture while being a politically correct nanny state at the same time. If you want to see what a laid back, friendly culture is like then go to southeast asia or south america.
@@earthwormjim3269 bro are you faded that’s kinda the whole point of cities period, there’s no city on earth that is heavily populated that’s “laid back” or stress free that should be a no brainer. The ww2 reference was to point out the Aussie spirit at its finest is laid back and chill, just because it’s not like that in the cities doesn’t mean it’s not still a thing in Australia in general.
Thankyou for coming to Australia. You have a great future here ahead of you. Cheers from Michael. Australia.
Hi Marissa, I have been hoping for another video, I thought you had given up. You have a very beautiful voice and are a natural narrator, very few ladies have your depth and insight into their own lives and can express it in a way that is so interesting to others.
Lovely comment.
Thanks so much for the comment and for following along!
Good on ya Sweetie I'm glad to see that you are happier here in Australia love from Aussie Ron from Childers Queensland Australia 🦘🦘🦘🦘 remember don't worry be happy
Kangarootopia island 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘👌🏻🦘🦘🦘🦘
I loved Childers.
@@Jackmonkey66666hghinnvI hate bloody kangaroos,they are way more dangerous than most people realise,but heaps better than crocs.😂😂😂😂😂
@@louiserawle8999 lmao I don’t mind the Roos most scenarios they aren’t too likely to go you atleast in my experience. I was walking my dog home one night and swear to god I’m tallish 6’1+ and ong my dog started going sick, I turn to see this roo standing up straight in the dark and it looked like a semi ripped slender man, tall asf with some bulk but not anything crazy made me look like a midget though, thought I was going to be one of those memes how the guy punches on with one that has his dog lmao. Crocks on the other hand though I wholeheartedly agree, absolutely no f-ing thankyou very much.
Hi Marissa, thanks for your honesty. I hope you meet a lovely Aussie man and settle down in Australia.
Might not be looking for a man.....
@@Jack-gn4gl 8:24-"I can picture owning a home one day and having children..."
i live in northshore she can join our church lifesource in chatswood
@@darrylschultz9395 wont happen in australia we tax to hell
@@darrylschultz9395 lesbians have children all the time
Welcome to the chill zone, we are not perfect and we have issues like other countries. But we have big hearts and generally a carefree attitude ❤❤
Enjoy Marissa. I've just moved to the Gold Coast (sleaveless all year - almost 😁 ) after 5 years full time solo female RVing around OZ. Astonishing! Travelled across The Big Red and down The Great Ocean Rd, awsum! Before then I lived in a log home in The Blue Mountains (millions of hectares of blue eukalytus gas) 80km west of Sydney and Bondi Beach as a kid. Australia is incredible. Originally Kiwi, been all around the world but always feel most safest and free in this vast wild land 👍
Hi from Surfers Paradise.
So cool!
G'day mate. Welcome to Australia and thank you for sharing. You seem nice. I hope you find what you're looking for.
Im English. When I was 21 and living in France I realised I'd sooner be poor in the sun than poot in the rain. (my quote).. eventually I ended up being a nurse and moved to Australia. No way Id go back to England. I miss so many things but I'm happy and what my future means to me and my friends. Keep going girl
Nice content! New follower from Germany here, with a crush on Australia.
Don't just sit there with a crush, do something about it - get yourself downunder asap and start living the dream. See you soon. Cheers from Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
@@bradwilliams1691 agreed, down your come mate, we are a welcoming bunch, more the merrier.
@@bradwilliams1691 Is Victoria broke financially? And what is your daily interest debt? $24 million per day?.
@@bradwilliams1691 It's on my bucketlist. Greets from Munich
@@geoffmaloney2717 ❤
Such a powerful narrative; you have the ability to bring what’s hidden to the surface. I wish you were given the opportunity to produce a long format video for a wider audience (e.g. ABC / SBS) here in Australia.
Thank you ❤️
One thing I learnt is to never measure your success using someone else’s ruler.
Beautifully made and narrated.
It seems like any American that moves to another country must start a KZhead channel and bang on about it.
These kinda videos are why I love KZhead. I have the Aus WHV but I’ve been too scared to make the move, you’ve pushed me one step closer to going! ❤
So happy that could do this for you! You just have to make the jump to get there and then enjoy what happens ❤️
Come on over! It's almost winter and the nights and mornings are chilly but the days are mostly lovely.
Thankyou, this is a fascinating insight. It's not surprising at all, as I have the same outlook of life in Australia...and I've grown up here. But, it's interesting that you've adopted the same mindset(?) in the shortish time you've been here. There's something encouraging to me about that.
WOW....we Aussie take things for granted. Thanks for sharing
Welcome to AUSTRALIA Marissa I too migrated from GREECE 1987. Enjoy the tropical weather the AUSIE lifestyle, safety and many more things AUSTRALIA has to offer.
Great video . Glad you have settled in here .
So, we all hang around on KZhead hoping that a gem will drop. It doesn't happen often. But this one is like a ruby has fallen from from the sky. A real insight into the human experience. Marissa's life and insights are far from mine, and yet, well my life is a little richer for sharing this. M
Thank you!
Such an honest, straight from the heart video. Love it.
I love this piece of photo journalism and retrospective of your life so far. It will be interesting to see where you take your career in the future.
great video :) fantastic photography too!
Love this. Wishing you well in whatever you choose to do in your future. Enjoy ❤️
Well done. A good video - that captures a moment in time. ... and life, and growing...
Thanks for sharing your experience, it was interesting to watch. All the best.
Very raw and honest insight into your life, thanks for sharing and inspiring others to challenge themselves.
You sound like a very happy person, who has found themselves. Awesome for you.
Thank you for sharing your story so openly. I hope you continue to grow and develop in this country. And thank you for sharing your photos; they really added so much to your story. Best wishes from Melbourne
That was really nice to hear. Enjoy your journeys. Be sure to check melbourne out. Sounds like it would suit your long-term goals.
this is beautiful and resonates deeply. I strongly relate to reaching the benchmark you set for yourself only to realise you have changed and what you want for yourself has changed too.
Damn that was a wonderful listen, and a great accompanying vid… but what sold me was your perspective …
Thank you!
Brisbane is a fabulous city on the river. So much to do, more laidback than Sydney and opportunity to travel to some wonderful places close by.
yeah good on ya, this is a great video. You have inspired others through inspiring yourself. May you gain that which you seek. All the best to you and your group.
Thank you ❤
This was beautiful to watch! I hope you feel welcome and happy here in Aus forever 🌟
Thank you ❤️
Enjoyed this Marissa, your candid honesty, realising, what really is important in life. Also the stark opposites of living in NYC to living on Magi Island. ❤
Welcome Marissa, that was a very honest look at yourself so wishing you all the best in the future
Thank you!
That was awesome. I feel like I went on a journey. Thanks.
Great job with this video. Couldn't ever imagine living in New York. Love Oz sooo much. Home!! Hope you make a comfortable life here and everything will work out. I'm sure it will!!
That was pretty good. I enjoyed what you had to say. It was in depth and full of thoughtfulness.
This is such a wonderful video essay of a rite of passage you’ve been through. I hope you do more. Your words and images are compelling to watch and listen to. Brava!
Thank you! ❤️
This is a beautiful and very real essay. Whatever you do and where ever you live, I wish you the best!
Thank you!
thanks for sharing, that was beautiful.
As a First Nation Australian, it warms my heart to hear of your journey and what this great country of ours offers you. I have shared this video with my three daughters as it offers a great insight to perspectives and life’s journey. Blessings to you and hoping all happiness and success.
Amazing insight into what looking back in appreciation means! Congratulations on having the courage to move forward with hope and dream of better outcomes! You only have one life, make sure it's fullfilling! 🤗
Thank you 😊
Welcome to Australia, glad you like it and hope you stay, it really is a nice place.
all i can say is welcome and i hope your time here continues to be a positive experience
Profoundly authentic. Thank you for sharing
Well done you. You’re gradually getting the hang of life here. Which is essentially summarised as No Worries. Your life previously was more of an existence it seems, whilst now it seems that you are living!
Wish that all that you have and will dream of come true. Good luck ❤
So glad you chose Australia for your positive move in your life. We like to work to live attitude. I hope all your dreams come true ❤
I really hope you do well in all things you do in life all the best for the future.😊
This was very beautiful, I appreciate your art
Thank you!
Sometimes we take for granted the place we live, well done 👍 Australia is a place of new beginnings, it takes a long time to build family here , many come without their parents or siblings and leave large families, children grow up without grandparents ,that’s the hard part , being a big country just moving to another state can seperate family, I believe this is why people are so friendly, those with large families have it all, but many struggle and are looking for belonging . If you come here this is the tough part of Australia even though to get back home is a day away . Most return for this reason , but many regret it, too.
We Aussies really don’t know how lucky we are.
Great story, thank you.
that was a really great watch. thank you for making it. the only thing assured in life is change.
Thank you!
Great video essay!
I was born in California and lived most of my life in San Jose. When I was 28 I realised that I didn’t like living there. I realised I always felt like I didn’t fit in. Later that year I traveled to Sydney for the fun of it. I liked Sydney, but I’m not a big city person. I decided to travel by way of Queensland on my way back to America. When I landed on the Gold Coast… I fell in love! And I knew I was home. For 30 years now I have lived joyfully in Queensland. I bought a home, started a business and became an Australian citizen. I went to university, met my wife, got married and raised a beautiful boy and we are looking forward to grandchildren. Just because you were born and raised in a country, doesn’t mean you will thrive there. Take a chance. Risk everything. And create a life worth living. Oh, and Welcome to Australia Marissa ❤
This is beautiful!
Kicking goals is great, but not a recipe for happiness. That is something we find on the inside, who we are and what we believe in. Thanks for sharing your story and I hope you find some other great people to hang out with in Sydney.
Welcome to Australia Marissa. I really enjoyed your video and I look forward to seeing more. Its always interesting to see how people from other countries find living in Aus. I think you will like it more and more as time goes on. Its not a cheap place to live but its friendly, clean and relatively safe.
I have no idea how your video wound up on my recommended feed, but I'm really glad that it did. Welcome to Australia Marissa.
Thank you!
Welcome Marissa I hope you thrive here, just be mindful of the family pull it will probably be the hardest transition to make
Most beautiful story of your life thanks for sharing ❤
This was beautiful to watch and hear how self aware you are. Truly an unbiased perspective on both your past and present/future and learning to look back with fondness instead of regret. My friend just recently moved to Australia as well but from the UK and I wonder how similar or different your experiences were. Best of luck 🤍
Thank you so much!
I thought this would be another vid the same as the others on this topic. It's not. It is really wonderful. I'm loving the narration and thoughtfulness.
Thank you!
We are happy to have you! I love Australia so much and appreciate it so much more as I get older. You should try and make it to Perth before you leave. Best
Thanx for sharing your life's trials and challenges with us. It's gr8 opening up , there's a saying, a problem shared is a problem halved! haha . Often one can put too much pressure on oneself by overthinking , but what u did was take practical steps not just wallow in your predicament. It's gr8 that things are slowly working out for u and you're in a better place [and I'm not just talking bout Sydney LOL. Thanx again and good luck in your future endeavors.
Good video, glad u enjoy it here. From someone who lives in West Australia i think of Sydney as u do NY, in some ways.
What a great video. Thank you or sharing!
lovely video. good luck in all your adventures among us aussies. keep being bonza!
I really enjoyed that Marissa. Aus is lucky to have you here. Best wishes!
Great video 😁👍welcome to Australia
WELL DONE … and welcome to Oz. We have so much on offer and quality of life is important. Get out and travel in Oz and you will discover more of this incredible country … and more importantly… more about yourself. Good luck. 😎
So Australia is amazing. Enjoyed your video. Well done.
I hope you continue to enjoy Australia. And watch out for those drop bears😊
Beautifully articulated. Talent +. Welcome, Marissa.
Welcome to Australia.... and enjoy 😃
Glad things have turned for the better for you since you arrived. Enjoy Aus, we do. :)
Wow!! I love this. I love America when I went there.. I loved coming home to Australia and knowing what we have here. I'm so happy you have found your place, and im proud it's where I'm from. ❤
Thank you!
gday Marissa.. welcome down under... hoping you enjoy yr stay...
Marissa you are sooooo talented and I am sooooo proud of you
Welcome to this great southern land we call Australia! Please invite your family here so they can too experience what's on offer. We are a friendly bunch!
Marrisa this was a beautiful insite into finding an environment that can make you happy. I commend you on your great work presenting this well thought out narrative and wonderful delivery. The thing that makes Australia and New Zealand so different to other western based countries is the lack of class history to do with status and wealth. Australian and New Zealanders generally do not care about how you look or from where you came from or what you own. This is reflected in our friendly nature and laid back approach to life. This also inspires curiosity to explore our world and travel. As a migrant coming to Australia the one thing you will experience in the future is the feeling of no longer quite belonging to your birth country. This is because as your memory of what you remember and think is how it has always been will change with time and you will feel slightly alienated because it no longer matches what you hoped to expect. Just be ready for this and recognise that time changes everything. Some migrants get home sick and want to go back to their home country thinking they will go back to the fond memories only to find it no longer satisfies their desires and end up in a no win situation. I wish you all the success for you and hope that this beautiful country brings you much happiness and success. Cheers.
Interesting, thanks for your honest upload 🦘❣️✌🏼
I stumbled on your journey to Australia the country we call home. I was really intrigued to find out what your thoughts were when you were living in NY and now in Sydney. Welcome to Australia and I'm glad you found your peace here!
Thank you!
Well done you. Welcome!!!