In search of Zeal

Forty-seven days to go and the stress is mounting. Our container leaves in 15 days. Gulp. In between there are clients to finish off with, a vast number of companies and people to notify of our change of address, contracts to terminate, deposits to claim, cars to sell, NZ dollars to buy, debt payments to arrange, tax issues to sort out, loved ones to say goodbye to, and so on and so on.

This year furthermore presented us with numerous challenges: the death of a beloved pet, friends and family members dealing with cancer, a nephew being born, houses sold and built, migrations, emigrations, changes of schools and jobs, and attempting to finish a PhD at the same time. Are we still sane? Of course not.

So why are we going? To find new zeal and a new life. Out with the old, in with the new. I could present you with a neat list of all the things we don't like about SA and an equally long list of things we like about New Zealand and when you look at the lists it seems obvious, but I am not going to do that. It's cliched and not necessarily true. Any list can be jiggled till it tells you what you want to hear. Instead, I will stick to my story that we have run out of zeal and need more and what has a more promising prospect than New Zealand?

And so we live on, absorbing the pain of loss and embracing the hope of gain. And in this blog we'll share with you - for fun, for information, and for connection - the story of our adventure.

Willem