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Have you ever dreamed of packing up and moving abroad? Join a spirited Southern gal turned expat as she dives into the journey of building a life in a new culture. Through heartfelt stories, interviews, and a healthy dose of humor, explore the ups and downs of finding community, adapting, evolving, creating a new life far from home, all while staying true to your roots. Whether you’re an aspiring globetrotter, solo traveller, digital nomad or just curious about life on the other side of the world, this podcast will leave you laughing, reflecting, and inspired to explore the beauty of embracing new cultures.
Welcome back to the Galway Gal, where we uncover the boldest journeys, the unexpected
lessons, and the dreams that drive us forward.
Today's guest is Salome, a fashion lover, a seeker, a small living, and someone whose
faith has guided her across borders, all the way to Berlin.
We're diving into what it means to blend style with spirituality, navigating a new culture,
and stepping boldly into purpose.
Let's tune in.
Wonder what it's really like to thrive abroad and not just survive?
Welcome to the Galway Gal, where stories, culture, and adventure collide.
I'm Lauren, your host and your no bs guide to life, travel, and culture shock, with
a Galway twist.
From unfiltered stories to offbeat adventures, we're diving into conversations that celebrate
the charm, wit, and the heart of life in Ireland and beyond.
Whether you're gearing up for your first big move, or just daydreaming about life on the
other side of the world, you've come to the right place.
This rewrite the rules and redefine what home, living, and...
Berlin, out of all places, why, why there.
I do think that Berlin is a good city in terms of, you know, compared to Galway.
There's much more to do there.
There's also like a transport system.
There's no need to drive.
There's more food places, restaurants, and stuff like that.
And then obviously me getting a new job out there was like a factor of me like, why would
I stay here?
So you were born in Galway?
No.
No.
No.
She wasn't born in Galway.
I was born in Tanzania and then we moved to, well, we actually moved to the UK first and
then we moved to Galway sometime after that.
So yeah.
So at what age did you come to Galway?
I came here maybe 11, 12.
Yeah.
And I was in the UK from maybe three or four.
Yeah.
So I was in the UK way before here and then we ended up moving out here with my family.
But about Berlin attracted you that you were ready to move from Galway.
A lot of people seem to be moving into Galway, but you on the other hand, I guess like many
other people who kind of grew up here are moving out of Galway.
I think Galway is nice if you have like a family and you know, you have a home, you, you're
not looking to kind of travel, you're in a place where you're settled, you know, you
kind of have done all your traveling and all your moving around and stuff, but I feel
for people my age or for someone that's like wanting to travel, wanting to see something
new.
Galway is just not that place.
It's not.
It doesn't really offer what I wanted, especially like in terms of things to do for fun.
I mean, there's only a certain amount of things you can do in Galway, you know?
What about traveling towards like maybe Dublin or Limerick or at loan?
But the prices are so extortionate for Dublin, especially.
I mean, Dublin is to be way cheaper and now the prices are even staying in Dublin for
one night is the same as going to Spain for three, four nights.
So what would be the point, you know?
Would you say that the price of living or the cost of living in Berlin would be a lot less
than Galway or similar?
100% less, 100% less.
And it's crazy because Berlin is actually a city, a capital city.
And so when you come to Galway and I match the prices between Galway and Berlin, Berlin
is working out to be cheaper.
It's way cheaper for me to live there.
Yeah.
The work you're doing now.
Yes.
And were you doing the same work in Galway?
Yeah, I was doing the same work in Galway.
I think the pay is also higher in Berlin just because it's a capital city and you know, they
do tax a lot in Germany.
So I think that contributes as well.
But when I actually look at the amount I'm spending in Berlin compared to how much I would
be spending over here, 100% Berlin is cheaper.
Wow.
Yeah.
I think that Berlin, obviously, it has more to offer in terms of assuming my cultural
things are social events than Galway would.
Would you say that you could see yourself living there long term?
I think, yeah, I think we, I had a talk with you before and jumping on the podcast, I
just said how much when I landed in Dublin, I just knew that this is not my home.
It's not my home at all.
And I felt that way for a very long time where I knew like, okay, I'm here for a season and
once that season is over, I'm no longer going to be here.
And I didn't know where I was going to go.
My initial plan was never to go to Berlin.
It was actually to go to the South of France.
Yeah.
A lot of people don't know that.
But my first step was to go to the South of France.
So you're into fashion.
It's a big part of who you are.
But your faith is equally, I would say, even more important to you.
Would you say your faith brought you to Berlin?
Yeah, I think because what had happened was I was going over there for work.
So my plans were, okay, look, Lord, I'm going to go to, I'm going to go to South of France
in 2025.
I'm going to work remotely because my job allows me to do that.
And we'll just go from there.
I'll be beside the beach, everything will be fine.
And then I had the opportunity to go to Berlin with my old employer.
And when I got there, I realized, oh, I like the city.
So I ended up trying to relocate and stuff like that.
Things fell through.
And then I got a new position in Berlin.
So I definitely think God kind of engineered me to experience Berlin first and get the
taste of what Berlin would be like.
And then opened up an opportunity for me to actually live there, which is, yeah, which
is so phenomenal to think about.
Do you think that your faith was tested while you were living in Galway?
Yes, yes, it was, I think.
And I'm grateful for a Galway.
I don't want to make it seem like I'm ungrateful and all of that.
I think I've met, I think I've met a lot of people here, good people here, and people
that really equipped me and helped me in my journey, even spiritually.
But I just, I found it was very lonely for me.
Like I found like I couldn't really even get a community, even within the church.
I just felt very alone.
And I think my faith was really, really tested in those times.
But I know that I had to go through those things to like really be where I'm at right now
because, yeah, it was tested.
I would say you've obviously worked on yourself and you moved for obvious reasons.
Your faith has challenged you to move.
And also just, I would say growth, right, as a person.
Would you say that you'd be able to find community in Berlin a lot faster or easier than
you would be in Galway?
Yeah, the thing that I loved when I first went to Berlin, even before I'm moving there,
and considering moving there, I found like a lot of people were very, I don't want to say
accepting, but they sort of just kind of allowed you to be who you were.
And they didn't really like push this agenda on you or expect stuff from you that, you
weren't able to do like even in the workplaces and stuff like that, you could just be who
you are.
And I personally felt I couldn't really do that here.
And I don't know if that's just me personally, but that's how I felt.
I felt as if everything was just a facade for a lot of the things.
And being in Berlin, I could see like, oh, this person is who they are.
You know, they're very open, they're very like, the culture is very different over there.
They're not, they're not small-minded at all.
And you can express yourself in whichever way you want, even in terms of fashion.
You know, they just go all out there.
So it's really, really nice to see.
And I guess what inspired you or how were you able to get your creativity living in Galway
to push you kind of to be into this more fashionable sort of scene and vlogging, makeup, beauty
when I guess you would say you probably wouldn't be so exposed to things like that here.
I think socials though, I think the people I follow on socials aren't necessarily even
from Ireland.
I think a lot of them are from the UK, America, different parts of Europe.
I don't even really follow a lot of Irish content creators that much.
I do follow a few and they're doing like, they're doing great things mostly in Dublin.
And I find it kind of hard to find people in Galway doing that sort of stuff and expounding
out because there isn't much going on here.
So it makes it a bit difficult to make those connections with other people here.
Would you say that I guess this could be kind of like you find yourself, because there's
a fine line between I think faith kind of promotes more like humility and fashion obviously
promotes more like vanity.
Do you find it to be a challenge trying to, I guess, stay in the middle of the two or actually
how are you able to do that?
I think that's a good question to be honest.
I think first and foremost, I have to identify myself as a child of God and I think once
I remind myself of that regardless of what's going on, it just brings me back to that
place.
So regardless of having the coolest fit, the fly is fit or the nicest shoes and stuff
like that.
I'm first and foremost a child of God and I can't lose that identity because that's who I
am and that's who I choose to be.
So regardless of working with brands and stuff like that, I have to remain within that identity.
And it can be challenging sometimes.
You know, it can be really challenging when, of course, when you're seeing other people
like flourishing and doing things kind of sneakily and you know, going the back way or
the shortcut way and you're trying to be faithful and not do that and trying to go, you know,
at your own pace.
So I think just allowing God to really slow me down and remind myself of that identity.
You talk about journaling to Christ, which I've never heard that before.
Actually, you're the first person I've ever heard that from.
I would think of just like usually when you're writing a journal, it's kind of like you're
talking to yourself in a journal.
But I guess your journaling would be kind of like a form of written prayers or.
I think I'm more, I found like a way to express my, I guess, deepest hearts and deepest desires
and really anything that I'm feeling like on that specific day by writing.
And I had someone mention to me, oh, you should start writing and journaling and it was
very passive, the way they explained it and I said, okay, you know what, let me try it
one day.
So I ended up just jotting some stuff down at the back of a notebook that I had and I felt
so much release from doing that and I felt like, wow, okay, I can actually do this and feel
a sense of my thoughts are actually on a page and I can go back and look at those, you know,
in years to come.
And this was probably, I think, four years ago.
Yeah, so I've been doing this for a really long time and I ended up getting like an A4,
like pay a book, notebook, yeah.
So I can actually express myself and I would just go to the beach, I would ride, I would
cry, I would, and I would always write down the date and where I was and the time and
you know, how I felt and you know, what was going on at that point of my life.
And I'm grateful I did that because I can really look back to see how God has carried me through
those times and those difficult challenges and yeah, it's been great.
Do you feel like you're actually walking in your purpose now as opposed to maybe just
kind of letting life drift and you just drift along with it?
Yeah, I think now I kind of have a picture of how my life is going in a way.
I don't know if I subscribe to have in just one purpose because I believe that you know,
we as Christians especially where our purpose is to worship God and all that we do.
And so I stand on that and whatever way, you know, God will allow me to do that, you know,
whatever career he allows me to have, whatever place he puts me in, whoever I encounter,
ask the first, I guess, responsibility that I have is to serve and to worship him in those
places.
I felt I feel more free because I don't have that, oh, I need to find my purpose rather
than just, you know, what God, I'm going to just follow your leading for my life and whatever
way and shape you, you want to do that, you will do that because I am the clay at the end
of the day and he is the part.
It just seems like, you know, especially in this day and age where you're talking about
socials and, you know, you see everything you, I guess, is this picture perfect kind of
life that we all of course would be drawn to.
And again, just trying to remember, you know, like those things aren't really as important
as people make them out to be.
And especially too, like you're, you know, in fashion, obviously you're working as well,
but those things that you love and sometimes I don't know, do you find it to be like a little
bit of a struggle?
It is a struggle.
It goes back to the whole, you know, the, you know, vanity and the humbling, the question
you had before.
And it is, it is tough, but I also think a lot of people, you know, especially on Instagram.
I find Instagram to be so different compared to like TikTok and YouTube and actually prefer
TikTok and YouTube for, I find Instagram to be this perfect picture of, you know, my life
is just so perfect and I have no struggles and I have, you know, the perfect life.
And it's all of a side because the 10 second video you see is just what we allow you to
see, you know?
And I think once you realize that even as a creator yourself, realize like this is all
I'm allowing you to see, I'm not, you don't see me, you know, in the background editing
the videos for hours upon hours, you know, that yourself, you don't, you don't see the
graft I put in, you don't see the tears and sweat and all the work and, you know, efforts
that has gone into this production really.
I think there is a, a beauty to that as well, but then there's also a side of like, okay,
I have to be careful of what I'm allowing to see.
Absolutely, 100% correct, especially yet just not really showing the, the hard parts,
or showing everybody the perfect curated parts and the hard parts is probably sometimes
what they actually do need to see.
How did you get into like one, start the vlogging and maybe what inspired you to start our
embark on that journey?
It was years ago actually.
I was in uni and I remember someone was like, you should start, you know, vlogging and kind
of like showcase in your fashion and stuff because I don't, I guess sometimes we don't really
see ourselves in the way sometimes other people can see us.
So maybe they see something that you would never see in yourself and I'm like, I would never,
like, I don't know how to start that, you know?
I don't know where to start.
But I started doing that and I got myself an Instagram and a YouTube and you know, just
started slowly working my way through that and I actually enjoyed it.
I enjoyed the Get Ready With Me is I like getting, doing my makeup.
I love all of that.
I love the filming.
I love the editing.
Yes, it's time consuming, but it is fun for me.
Right.
Like I genuinely do enjoy that and growing through that because it is a skill.
So I think that's where it all started for me.
And for someone probably, obviously, I would say the age of young girls probably getting
more interested into like fashion, the beauty, I think it gets younger every year and it's
nice to see someone who obviously you love the vanity part, but again, your faith is
probably what leads you.
Would you have any advice for someone who would probably want to kind of follow down this
path?
I think like, you know, I don't subscribe to following every trend and I think that's where
like things can kind of get a bit mucky in the waters because a lot of people, especially
on TikTok, there's a new trend for everything.
There's a new thing, there's, you know, you need to buy this product, you need to buy this
clothes, you need, and I think like when you just stand on, I'm doing this for me, you
know, I'm doing this because I enjoy fashion or I enjoy makeup or whatever you want to start
like your social media journey, but I just think having your own identity and your own values
and sticking to those, you won't stray to the left because a lot of the times what happens
is that people join social media and then they get caught up in the whole trends and everything
that they see someone else do, they have to do, all of this thing is just like a number game,
really.
And so just be true to you, enjoy what you're doing, enjoy the process and you know, yeah,
you can do a few trends, but make sure that it's something that you really are interested
in, you know.
Yeah, that's that authenticity, I think that you're right, they can get like kind of muddled,
you know, because you're right, there's a numbers of games.
People do eventually want to grow and things like that, but I think like what keeps people
would be that authenticity factor.
Would you have ever turned down any brands just because again, you don't agree with maybe
their background or again, it just feels like it could be kind of contradicting to your
faith?
Yeah, 100%, I think certain brands have, you know, declined to work with based on, you know,
their beliefs and it contradicted with, you know, as a person of faith.
And I think that's what goes back to the identity knowing who I am and being like, you
know, it doesn't matter how much you're going to pay me, you know, I'm standing on, you know,
what God says and I'm not participating in what is contrary to that.
So, you know, my faith comes first in that, you know, so it's not even about the views
and the money and all this sort of stuff.
If I'm not really enjoying the brand or I know that I would never buy that for myself,
I'm certainly not going to just promote that for the sake of promoting it.
I would say you'd have to have a lot of patience in this industry, wouldn't you?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, patience, yeah, a lot of the time.
Yeah, right, because I mean, you're trying to grow, you're trying to build a following,
trying to build a community, but at the same time, if you have to decline certain brand offers
and I don't know, it just sometimes seems like it's a challenge and is this something that
is worth pursuing?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I think, you know, that quote, that famous quote that says, "Rome is in built in a day."
That is this industry, really and truly because I think a lot of the times when, well, especially
for me, I've seen a lot of people just growing overnight and I think there's, sometimes it's
good, sometimes it's, I would more lean onto the negative side of that because then you're
trying to keep up that level and you're trying to figure out, I need to, that my next video
needs to blow up like this and it needs to hit those views as well and it kind of is
running like your rat chasing almost, I'm running on the wheel or whatever and that can be dangerous
even for your mental health.
Burning out, yeah.
Yeah, it's going to be burning out.
I mean, just to maintain that sort of, I don't know, it's called fame or, you know, but
it's a big viral in the moment, trying to maintain that, yeah, definitely can be challenging
and just speaking about mental health again, just other times where again, you've probably
struggled, even probably being in go away before the move and I would say, how were you
able to work through that?
Yeah, I have struggled and I think a lot of us have even though we've not, we don't,
you know, shout it on the rooftops.
Yeah, of course, I've struggled mentally.
I think for me, the journaling has been great for that because I'm more of a, I think a lot
so I guess I would categorize myself into the overthinking crowd, but I'm because of that
and because I'm very self-aware, I like to write and that's why also just kind of being transparent
with my closest friends and I've been going to therapy for a year and a bit.
So I, every single week, I, you know, discuss these issues with my therapist.
She's been absolutely amazing and has walked through this journey from start to finish, even
with my move, you know, she was there through it all.
So kind of seeing how my growth has been even mentally has, and emotionally, it's, it's
really, really good to see that I was able to kind of overcome those difficult mental
challenges.
That's great.
Yeah.
So you still think you have a solid support system in Berlin now, even that you move their
connections here.
Funnily enough, I don't know if I would say I have more connections in go away.
I tend to feel that every time I come here, I still feel lonely.
Yeah.
I don't think I've had those connections where I'm like, okay, 100%, I can rely on this
person or these individuals, you know, I haven't felt that way, you know, and being in go away.
But when I go other places, like I don't know if you know I went to Atlanta, I think two
years ago, and I visited a church that I'm a part of, 2018, 19 church, and the connections
I have had there are more stronger than the connections in my own hometown.
No way.
Yeah.
That's the part that I just, I don't understand.
Yeah, I don't, I, I feel as if people understood me more there, and I was able to build those
connections than I could ever hear.
It's so strange.
Wow.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Yeah.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Wow.
That is so interesting to hear.
Yeah.
It's very interesting to think that, well, I mean, obviously the go away has a long way to go.
Over in stages, go away, probably Ireland, you know, especially now with like so many people.
Am I grading here and just, I guess culturally being open to different ethnicities and backgrounds
growing up in America?
I mean, there was so many different ethnic groups in my primary school that it was just
hard to like not, you know, you don't see yourself as different.
Everybody is different, you know, and it's just America is just such a melting pot.
So those connections and I think a younger age help you, I don't want to say not to feel
so much alone, but, you know, you meet people from various backgrounds and also just culturally
kind of find you have a lot of similarities even though you are different.
And I would say because, you know, Ireland is still been traditionally kind of white Irish,
it could, you know, just be a little bit slower in, you know, getting that cultural influence
like many other countries would.
So I could probably understand why you have that feeling, feeling alone.
And it's all funny too because even moving here, I'm also trying to, I guess you can say,
I don't want to, I can replace the things I had at home, but I'm trying to build them
here.
And it is, it is, it is a little bit more difficult and it does take a little bit more work.
But it's good to hear that you do have those connections which is a big part of moving
abroad, building a community.
Do you think you'll be able to put yourself in environments where you'll be able to build
community in Berlin?
Yeah, I mean, although it's hard, it's hard to put yourself in those
kind of environments, especially when you feel sort of, I don't want to say let down,
but in a way, let down, you know, by your own people sort of like where you grew up and
stuff like that, you kind of, I guess, expected more from that place or from certain people
and stuff.
And I don't want to have that mentality.
I don't want to go into a new place with the same old mindset.
So I want to be always open to making good connections, regardless of how my other connections
have gone, because I think, you know, I guess I may not have made the connections that I wanted
here, but that doesn't mean that I can't make connections elsewhere, you know, and this
isn't the only place, you know, and I think sometimes God pushes us out from places and
seasons.
And, you know, he doesn't want us to be in that place too long, you know, and I definitely
feel that for me.
I knew I was going to leave.
I knew, I knew, I just knew I was going to leave and that I was only here for a certain
period of time.
I can't even explain that because I did write that in my journal.
Yeah, wrote that in my journal.
I believe 2021.
And from some time I was, I moved out to Vancouver, 2020.
So I was living out in Vancouver, 2020.
COVID hit 2021.
I came back to, I'm going and on the flight back, I remember just being like, God, like I,
I know I'm going to be in Ireland, but it's not going to be long.
I'm just going to be here briefly and you've got to bring me somewhere else.
And that surely happened.
Yeah.
Maybe Ireland was just a place for you, like you said, to kind of be groomed into going
into the next season, our next place in your life.
I do want to talk more about your faith because I don't know.
I also am a Christian as well.
And I believe your faith can take you to many places and open a lot of doors for you that
you may not have envisioned for yourself.
But for most people here that I'd say are maybe not religious or not really spiritual.
Would there be any sort of advice, scripture, guidance?
You would leave them with maybe if they're having any challenges, difficult times and maybe
in the same or similar situation as you.
Isaiah is a great book for that.
I mean, Isaiah is a great book, but sorry, not in Isaiah in Asams.
Asams 143, I believe it is.
And it talks about 149 and it talks about God knowing you and knitting you and your mother's
womb.
And when you actually read that scripture and really sit with it, and he knows everything
about us, he knows the hairs on your head.
He knows the thoughts that you have.
He knows the people that I've hurt you.
He knows the ups, the downs, the in-betweens.
He knows it all.
And I think for anyone really going through anything can hold fast to that and hold fast to
a lot of other scriptures.
I mean, the Bible is filled with lamentations, it's filled with joy, it's filled with hope,
it's filled with sorrow, it's filled with, you know, I mean, even the gift of salvation alone
is such a blessing to us, you know, because without Christ, we're really nothing, you know?
Absolutely.
So I think the whole Bible, to be honest, is a great hope for us all.
And I think, but for me, the Psalms and one of my favorite scriptures actually is in James,
is James 1 verse 5, I believe, and it talks about, to rejoice in, you know, your trials and
tribulation.
And a lot of people just kind of skip over that and, you know, and it's like, how can
I rejoice in, like, all that's happening to me or all that's happening to me right now?
But, you know, it is really like just being content with where God has you at that particular
time.
And I'm really seeing the fruits of the things I had to endure in this place.
So, yeah.
You had to, the fruit yet.
Yeah.
I had to endure God with it.
I changed my name to the God with God.
No.
Or just kidding.
Yeah, no, absolutely.
I think one of my favorite scriptures too is Jeremiah 29 and Lehmann.
Like, for I know the plans I have, he says, the Lord, plans not to harm you, but to,
you know, prosper you.
And I use that too, kind of as like in the back of my mind, you know, like no matter
the difficulty and no matter the season, no matter what life presents it to you, like,
you know, it's, it's going to be all working towards your good for the betterment of something
whatever that may be.
If it's moving to a new place or if it's, yeah, moving away from home, moving away from
your family, like it all has a purpose.
And you never know how God can use you because all this is a part of like your testimony,
right?
And your story.
And usually those are the stories that people need to hear because they don't want to hear
like the fluffy stuff you're saying, the Instagram stuff.
Yeah.
So it's like you definitely want to hear, you know, those stories that kind of like show
with the growth elevation and so good to hear that, you know, your faith is kind of like
what's holding you?
What's pushing you?
I mean, for a lot of people, have you ever had a time where, you're like, all right, God,
this doesn't seem right.
Like, I'm not trusting, nothing, I'm not trusting you anymore, but like, I don't know about
your plan.
I think I'm going to go with my own.
Yes.
Yes.
100%.
I think, I think, you know, as Christians, we tend to kind of just be like, oh, just have faith
and just, you know, stand on the word of God and do this and do that.
And it's so like blasé, you know, like, it's very like, just do this and you should just
have faith, but it's really difficult.
Like, it is really, really difficult, especially when you're like, God, like, what is going on
right now is very, like, in just, it's very challenging for me.
Like, I know what your, what your scripture is saying, but how can I really live that
out, you know?
And one of my dear friends, she mentioned something to me and every time I think of her, I think
of this scripture, it's in the gospels and it talks about, you know, Jesus being the branch
and, I'm sorry, we're the branch and he's the vine.
And every time I think of her, I always think of that scripture because it's true, like,
you know, we are the branches and he is the vine, right?
So if I am within Christ, if I am truly, you know, like connected to the vine, no matter
the storm comes, no matter like the difficulties of life because they are coming, you know?
And that's the, that's the part that a lot of Christians don't want to talk about and
don't want to admit, but they are coming, you know?
And, you know, you have to make a decision like, am I really going to stand even when the,
the difficulties of life come and hit me?
Or am I just going to weather, weigh and just lose my faith and just lose it all because
I, I'm, it's not going the way I expected it to.
And that scripture is a blessing and it also talks about in Matthew, it talks about blessed
to those who are persecuted for my namesake and for they will inherit, you know, the kingdom
of God.
It's not that we're just enduring for no reason and just like you mentioned, we always want
to hear the stories of someone overcoming situations.
I would never go to somebody that has had the perfect life, no trials, no tribulations,
they haven't gone through something.
I would more turn to the person that has gone through hell and back, you know?
It's just something about, you know, the journey and the experience because it's definitely
going to be learning along the way, but it's also nice to know that, you know, it's not for
nothing.
And even if we don't get it here on earth, you know, we know we're going to get it in heaven
and I think that's also a blessing.
What is maybe a piece of advice or just something you can give to someone who's watching
that, you know, might be on the same path, maybe moving to a new place, not finding where
they're living to be the greatest place kind of at a crossroads at what to do?
Any kind of encouragement you can give them.
I think being open is a great thing to have, to not be so, you know, it needs to be this
way at this time and in this job and in this country and in this city having everything
like you want to control everything, you know?
And look, I'm not saying that we should not be organized people or we shouldn't be people
that, you know, we make intentional decisions and stuff like that.
I mean, you're wanting to move across the country or wherever you want to move to.
You should be intentional, but at the same time, be open, see and have a look.
Look, have a plan and be, be open to wherever God will take you, you know?
Like for me, I explained like, my heart was in France and even to the point I was like,
are you sure I'm supposed to be in this country because I don't really know.
My heart was just so set of me going to South of France and a lot of people know, a lot
of my friends know that I was telling them, I'm going to South of France, that's it, you
know?
But then things changed and a lot of things happened within that period of time and I
was open to that.
And I think being open to say, okay, look, you know what God, this was my plan and you know
that this was my plan.
But if you have something else for me, allow me to experience that, you know, and guide my
steps in order for me to get to that place and he will bring you there.
And then, you know, you do your due diligence to, you know, make sure you have a job out there,
make sure you're financially secure, make sure that you have everything in preparation
for that place and be patient with yourself as well because moving to a whole new country
is difficult.
And you're still in the process and I'm still in the process.
Yeah.
No, absolutely, you know, that, that's some great advice.
I would say, Louis, can we see more coming from you in the future as far as you're fashion,
you're a blog, anything upcoming that we can check out a report too?
Yeah, I guess I've wanted to vlog like daily lifestyle content creating, like I was telling
you, I really want to get into the space of just, you know, not always having like the wild
days.
I'm just, okay, look, I'm getting up.
I'm going to the gym.
I'm going to work.
I'm coming back.
I'm cooking my dinner.
I'm going to sleep.
Just regular day life.
I think I've watched a lot of those videos on YouTube.
There's an authenticity about it that I really, really enjoy.
And I kind of want to get more into that obviously on my YouTube and my TikTok and yeah, that's
what you'll be seeing more of.
More of, yes, Amber Lynn.
Yes, Amber Lynn.
Amber Lynn.
No, so, thank you so much for joining me today.
This is a great conversation and I wish you all the best.
As you venture off and start this new journey.
Thank you.
And then I was been a joy having you here and I really appreciate you coming and sharing
your story with us.
Absolutely.
Thanks for having me.
All right.
Thank you.
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