New Zealand Weekly Update #72

04th of March until 10th of March 2024

Approximate reading time: 8 minutes

Lets get it started

Fellas, I am stoked! This has been a week. It was full on. Full of new moves, new experiences and full of „What the fuck“ moments. But great moments indeed! And still stoked from last weekend and my run with Kelsi (I just uploaded some more pictures from the Motatapu race into last weeks weekly update – it looks like way to much fun rather than struggle, sweat and tears hehe).

And I just came back from a hike with my good mate Tony. We went to Cameron Valley and went out for an overnight hike in the middle of nowhere. Just surrounded by nature, waterfalls and a little river. What else do you need to live life at its best? I just realiyed that is has been more than 14 months now being away from Germany. Away from friends. Away from family. Away from my old life. A life I was never able to understand in total. Never able to understand what to expect. What to do. How to move on. Never been able to get out of my head. Out of my struggles. Out of being stuck. Out of feeling and being depressed, especially before moving to New Zealand. And even after 14 months of living a different life, it feels like as I have left yesterday. It feels like as I have left years ago. It feels like a completly different life (and it is indeed). Life here is different. Sometimes it is the same. It comes with different challenges. Different struggles. Different emotions and thoughts. But it also comes with different rewards, a different energy, different opportunities and it gives me a chance to live a different life. A life, that suits me way more. That I can enjoy way more. Embrace way more. New Zealand has the right spirit. The right options. The right lifestyle. And it gives me goosebumps and butterflies. Not every day. But in the necessary and right moments. And I am so very excited of being soon an offical part of this amazing country.

News News News

Having said that, it is time to announce the news. I have officialy applied for my residency here in New Zealand. After only 14 months of living in this gorgeous country. I have literally spent all my money to apply. 4290 NZD. All the money that has been in my bank account. I am litteraly broke as fuck. I am even in debt with my german bank account and it will take me a while to balance this one. And I am not scared, angry or afraid at all. I do not feel like having a lack of anything. I am feeling great, excited and happy of having the opportunity to apply. Residency means that you do not need to rely on any company or different visa anymore. You can vote and you can work almost everywhere in the country. It is the pre-stage of citizenship with almost the same rights. It feels so very unreal. So very far away. And so very close and possible. Fingers crossed, it might be just a matter of weeks now – and Dobby might be a free elf after all. I will keep you updated 🙂

Not less exciting and something I was working on for more than 2 years now (and some of you might know this already since I was writing my blog in the very beginning not about New Zealand but about my experiences on the Camino). Fortunately, I was writing diary each and every day while walking the camino. Three times a day I would open this little tiny book out of leather, given to me by my former girlfriend Ira. And I would write about my experiences, emotions, thoughts, struggles. Abut all those things that have been stuck in that very moment in my head. And about things I wanted and want to share. To inspire. To motivate. To share happieness and the struggle.s To share the good. The learnings. To share my story. With all those people who might struggle as well. Who are scared. Afraid. Unsure. And who want to move on, without knowing how, when and where. It was never and will never be my intention to become „rich“ with selling my E-Book or my book (which is coming soon). My intention is to inspire people with my own story, thougts, emotions and my way. It might not be their way, not all those things might be helpful. But if this book changes one moment of a person, if it gives on more idea, if it helps to make even one day better, it was worth it all the work. All the walks. All the pain. All the struggles. And all the suffering. And I am so very happy and proud to call myself a published author now and to be able to share! Please find my book here

Last but not least for this week, I have told you that Tony and I went for another adventure and hike. This time in the Makarora area, around 1h away from Wanaka. Into the Cameron valley. A 5 hour hike into the valley. Up and down through the forest. Sometimes steep. Sometimes slippery. But mostly with awesome nature around us. Some river crossings. Refreshing and delicious water. And a stunning hut next to a huge waterfall.

Tired and quite exhausted (a friend of mine back from Germany was asking me the other day „when do you give this body some time to rest“) we arrived at around 3 PM at the hut. And had heaps of snacks, played some card games and just enjoyed the silence and the sound of the water around us. And we had some company in the middle of the night. A mouse was inside the hut as well and had some amazing snacks, since I forgot to put away my coffee bag. She might stayed up all night long :). For now, I am sitting on the terrace of our house, watching the early sunset (at 7PM, days are becoming shorter now…) and listening to some relaxing music.

What else to say?

What else to say? Well, I dont have a fucking clue fellas 🙂 I am stoked. Speachless. Tired. Excited. Full of energy. Full of hope. Of course a little afraid that something might happen or go wrong. But fuck that. Lets send some good energy out and I am pretty sure we will receive something good back. Why not?

Your DingyInternational
Felix