What do you do when life moves so fast, you just want to hit PAUSE and get off? Well, this is what I just did.
It all started this summer. I spent two weeks in our family house in the north of Norway, in a tiny, tiny place called Sigerfjord, in Vesterålen. I am from Stavanger, which is in the south-west, and has over 200 000 people living there. In Sigerfjord there is around 700 people.
Our house has a pretty nice location, next to the fjord.
My friends and I had a great time, and I felt like I was in a "happy place". My grandfather, who was my hero, was from Sigerfjord, and maybe I felt like I was a bit closer to him, being there. I knew that after those two weeks, my life would involve a super busy (but fun) full-time job and also busy part-time master studies. I felt a bit choked, and was not happy with the situation I had put myself in. Why sign up for a master's program when life already is too busy? All out of sudden, I realized I could actually choose to not have that life. So in a blink of an eye, I made a decision: I was quitting my job and moving to beautiful Sigerfjord.
Here is my cousin who also lives there, and me, almost at the top of Stortinden, at 2 am. (During the summer the sun never goes down. Oh, and now, at winter, the sun never comes up ...) Sigerfjord is aaall the way down there.
So far, I have not regretted my decision, and I am sure that life is about to get a lot better. My friend wanted join, so the two us are packing our cars, and traveling by boat next Saturday. What to expect - I really do not know, but I can not wait to live close to the fjords, next to the mountains and under the Northern Light. Feel free to follow me on this adventure :)
Picture taken by @svk from our trip this summer. This is Kvalvika in Lofoten, which is just hours away from Vesterålen.
Oh; and who am I? Karianne, 30 years old, freelance journalist who loves friends, traveling, relaxing, being outdoor and laughing. Working on getting my MBA-degree and living my dream at the same time.
