Mittwoch, 15. Juli 2009

Copenhagen moves me!


I am done with my studies. Let me think… yes, I have attended institutions of education for 17 years. I am 24 today, so I have spent more than two thirds – almost three quarters of my life studying. Maybe you can imagine the feeling I have now that I know that I am most probably done with it. I enjoyed the ride, it was exciting and fun, but I am ready to try out a new rollercoaster. Every time people ask me how I am lately I have to say: “I am good! I am free!”

I started my new job as Member Committee Vice President of External Relations for AIESEC Denmark. A title that fills a whole line of my entry and is not sexy to use in bed. Trust me, it’s not! I work with sales and external communication of our organizations’ activities. People expect me to get national partnerships, have cool companies attend our national conferences, train the sales people in the local offices and a lot of other things. I was scared a lot before I started to work and wondered about all the worst case scenarios which suddenly popped up in my head. Now I am here, doing the job, learning a lot from my predecessor and calling companies to book meetings. I have a sweet boss, which is great. In my last position in AIESEC, I was the boss and it is nice to have someone above you for a change.

For my new job I moved to Copenhagen, the biggest city in Denmark, but honestly, when you are here, it seems like a collection of a bunch of smaller typical Danish cities with a couple of highways in between. On my way to work, I pass cows, hosted by some kind of scientific institute and I barely bike on the bigger streets, as there is a fine system of bicycle paths. I bike everywhere, and I also use my creepy helmet, after all I am biking in a bigger city.

There is but a few things I am not satisfied with, yet. I dreamed of coming to Copenhagen and be the best version of me. I always make these plans when I start something new. I am not eating healthy and way too much out of the house. I do not prepare lunch packages and eat instant noodles instead. My membership in Fitness World is still paid for, I just do not go there. And last but not least, my room is a mess. I need to focus a little bit more on my personal health, I can feel that I get tired fast and my energy level is low at times and sleep doesn’t really help right now. I got to move it – move it a bit more often and eat something with real vitamins. I have to spend some quality time with myself. And drink more water!

In general life is great! I am free!

Pictures:
1. crossing the Big Belt Bridge on our way from Funen to Sealand when I moved.
2. The Play Doh man I created during transition.
3. A sqare in Copenhagen City.

Freitag, 10. Juli 2009