Sometimes, I wonder how something as simple as a single question can change your life that much.
-Shall we go? –Let’s go!
This is how my conversation with my friend Miriam ended the day we decided to go somewhere else to be volunteers.
I have always been a girl who has thought that we all “have´´ to follow a standard life path for my background and surroundings. Fortunately, or unfortunately, 2020 came to our lives to change them at all. It has given us bad days, and it was, in my case, a rollercoaster of feelings though, I have lived through moments that if it hadn’t been for the pandemic situation, I would not have probably.
There will always be people telling you it is not a good time to have this kind of experience due to the world situation but, on the contrary, it was the best one for me.
I started my professional career in events management and marketing (what I studied for) when the Covid-19 appeared. Then, I went back to my hometown for almost a year (I left it when I was 18). I have excellent memories of what I did and who I spent my days with “there is nothing like being home ;)´´
I guess at some point, we all have felt lost this weird year. That was when I realised I had to do something else (because nothing ventured, nothing gained).
I have had two other experiences abroad, and I have always had the feeling to do it again. I do not know what the future has to offer me, but I am sure that it was the right idea to come to Timisoara.
Firstly, everybody doubts what will happen when it comes to an abroad experience, and I was not far. If I am honest, my expectations were not high. I think it was because the selection process was speedy, and I was not aware of the reality yet (I got my flight ticket one week after the interview).
Flights to Timisoara
After a one-day trip (and a few goodbyes), I arrived in Timisoara ready to have one of the best experiences in my life.
I am willing to work, learn a lot from everything and everyone, discover a new country and new people I will live and work with, have fun, and, one of the things I value most, grow personally and professionally.
Every part of the project has exceeded my expectations so far, and I am looking forward to seeing what has to come.
I always remember a phrase which says: ‘You win some, you learn some’. In this case, my insight is you do both, though.